Who is FO? I see your point. The hole is deep.
I'm OK with being conservative in signings. I don't think being extravagant is what we need. What we really need is to find players who can play here (Salty, Pedroia, Ellsbury) and sign them instead of letting them leave and signing unproven players. Ray On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Larry Rupp <[email protected]> wrote: > But this begs my pt > > Too many holes to fill all these with signings. FO is going to focus on > pitching - I'm not sure we will have BIG changes in the lineup. I think > it's going to take us a few years to contend again. > > FO is going to be conservative in signings now IMHO due to Crawford, > A-Gon, Lackey, Dice, etc > > > Sent from Larry's mobile > > On Sep 9, 2012, at 11:12 AM, Ray Daniel Salemi <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Larry, I guess you're saying that if they don't get new players then the > team will stay the same. So...that's true, but that's not going to happen. > Not sure why you'd expect things not to change big time in the offseason. > > I couldn't sleep last night (not sure why) and was trying to bore myself > into a coma by working through the Red Sox roster in my head to consider > the changes. I got this list below that shows we're in for big changes. > > Frankly, I don't care who manages the team. It makes little difference. > > Catcher > Salty -- Stays > Lavarnway -- back to AAA or gone. He's not a big league catcher. > > Infield > Aviles -- Goes to arbitration. Could remain a decent utility guy. > Ciriaco -- Back to AAA or gone. Too easy to strike out. > Gomez -- Back to AAA > Inglesias -- Back to AAA unless we adopt a DH for SS > Loney -- Gone. > Pedroia -- Obviously a foundation player. > > Outfield > Ellsbury -- Arbitration eligible. Sign him to a mid term deal (IMHO) > Kalish -- Who? > Podsednick -- thanks for playing > Ross -- Already signed for next year ($3M) > > Starting Pitching > Lester > Buckholz > Jettison the rest > > Relief Pitching > Bard > Bailey > etc. > Frankly the Relievers did OK, though Aceves should never close. > > On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Larry Rupp <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I think I read Aceves went to V asking to be considered for starting >> role. V expressed to media that indeed he is stretching Aceves. With >> Bailey back - V said he's the closer. >> >> This team is HARD to watch - has been all season. >> >> Pats kick in today - I'm officially glad we have the NFL to get us thru >> the next 3 weeks. >> >> Barring a complete overhaul of the coaching staff in the offseason and >> some major league tested players being signed, I see this continuing for a >> few years of .500 play. >> >> We lost our way over the last 2-3 years as a team - and paying for it now >> BIG time. >> >> Sent from Larry's mobile >> >> On Sep 9, 2012, at 10:18 AM, Ray Daniel Salemi <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> It's a sad day when a brouhaha would go undiscussed on this list. >> >> BTW. It was a sad day to watch the Sox last night. Not only did the >> Dice-K suck horribly, but Lavarnway continue to prove that he's not ready >> for the majors, Ciriaco threw a double play ball into the dirt, Goss failed >> to run out a ground ball because he thought it was foul, and then got >> doubled off first when he thought there were two outs on a fly ball. >> >> Terrible level of play. >> >> On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Not telling....blahblahblahblah >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Ray Daniel Salemi < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Let me ask. Is this big brouhaha essentially summed up by my question? >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> You know there was a big brouhaha about this in the papers. If you're >>>>> not going to do your homework I'm not going to let you copy off my notes. >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Ray Daniel Salemi < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> When did this happen? Did Bailey come back and just become "the >>>>>> closer" by default? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Author of CONFESSIONS OF A GOOD MOTHER and other mystery short >>>>>> stories. >>>>>> >>>>>> Visit Ray Daniel on Amazon >>>>>> <http://www.amazon.com/Ray-Daniel/e/B005OIX4MO/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Author of CONFESSIONS OF A GOOD MOTHER and other mystery short stories. >>>> >>>> Visit Ray Daniel on Amazon >>>> <http://www.amazon.com/Ray-Daniel/e/B005OIX4MO/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Author of CONFESSIONS OF A GOOD MOTHER and other mystery short stories. >> >> Visit Ray Daniel on Amazon >> <http://www.amazon.com/Ray-Daniel/e/B005OIX4MO/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > Author of CONFESSIONS OF A GOOD MOTHER and other mystery short stories. > > Visit Ray Daniel on Amazon > <http://www.amazon.com/Ray-Daniel/e/B005OIX4MO/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1> > > -- > 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. > -- Author of CONFESSIONS OF A GOOD MOTHER and other mystery short stories. 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