Ah, but can Swisher play in Boston? He clearly can't handle criticism. And all the newspaper people tell me that the Red Sox HAVE to be sure free agents can play in Boston (as if that's a novel idea.)
As for Youk, I admit I didn't look at his stats. But Ross' OPS was only .725 when the Sox signed him. That's why he was inexpensive. (and he barely cracked .800 last year.) Seems to me, Youk is the kind of player we'll need as a stop gap until the sox can develop/sign/acquire genuine talents. The two things I wonder about are: Youk's interest and Youk's standing among the current players. BTW, listened to the John Farrell press conference. Very impressed. He came off as professional, deliberate, articulate and intelligent. I'm on board. On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Steve Ouellette <[email protected]>wrote: > Serious answer: I thought about that too, because the Sox need to start > bringing back some high OBP guys -- but even though Youk hit some HRs in > Chicago, he still wasn't very good there (.236-.346-.425). Can't have a > sub-800 OPS at first base. Youk might really be close to toast. > > I think Swisher is more likely. > > Steve O > > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I don't think we should dismiss an entire nation of players over one bust. >> >> Serious question: Youk for 1B? He sort of fits the profile. >> >> > -- > 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.
