And Youk is good for 2 stints on the DL per year these days.

Dan D
Central NJ USA



________________________________
 From: Tom Salemi <[email protected]>
To: [email protected] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 2:05 PM
Subject: Re: Dear Lord, save us from
 

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.
>>
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