Well, I disagree with the idea that the Sox are like the Yankees of old. They tended to give those big contracts to over-the-hill players (or, approaching-the-top-of-the-hill) that didn't necessarily fill a need for them. The Sox needed a left-fielder when they signed Crawford, and he certainly wasn't OTH. The long coveted Adrian Gonzalez, and he fit their needs at the time. Lackey, well he certainly was a top pitcher when they signed him. And look at the home-grown good players on the team - Pedroia, Ellsbury, Lester, Youkilis, Buchholtz, Doubrant, Bard - they all have made significant
contributions, or seem like they will.... I think they have gotten themselves in a bind where they don't want to spend any additional money to cover for guys on the DL (which I don't necessarily disagree with) and have some aging stars that are inconsistent right now, who can't cover for the number of role players they have starting.* 2 things will fix this - the established players playing to their career averages and getting guys healthy. *And the brutal schedule to date hasn't helped. Maybe I am being 'chicken little' here, but I don't think drastic remedies are called for, mid-season. At least not yet. Dan D Central NJ USA ________________________________ From: Ray Daniel Salemi <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 8:08 AM Subject: Fire Sale Tom made an interesting point earlier in the thread when he said, essentially, "Doing the Yankee thing is not as easy as it looks." I remember when the Yankees were not good at the "Yankee thing." Bill James wrote that the Yankees problem was that they constantly thought that they were in contention and would trade away their youth for that "final piece" to put them over the top. The Red Sox are now there. What this team desperately needs is a fire sale. I predict that we'll be nowhere interesting by the end of June and that it will be time to start dumping veterans for prospects. Who should go? Beckett--obviously Lackey--probably bundled with someone else and we still pay for him Dice-K--Perhaps we could get a backup bag of balls. Papi--Sorry, but yes. The guy is 36 years old with a one year contract. It's time to trade Papi for a raft of youth. It's time for the Sox to recognize that they've run the barge up a creek. Time to turn it around and get back to open water. Ray -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en.
