And frankly I don't care what he bitches about. Far as I can tell, he's the best available bat on the free agent market. Am I wrong? (Josh Hamilton aside...)
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > I love how we always generalize about what other people think. > > > On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 4:09 PM, Steve Ouellette > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I love how we hated the irresponsible big contracts the Sox were giving >> out, but a month into the offseason we're already in the "pay him whatever >> he wants" mode. >> >> Two years, $25 million is plenty for an aging DH coming off an >> injury-plagued season. He should be happy to get it. I believe the Sox can >> tender him for one year, $13 million. If he wants to pull a Ray Allen and >> take less money to play for someone else, fine, but no one else is going to >> offer him that much money, so what is the purpose of paying him more? Papi >> will just bitch about it in the second year of the deal anyway ... >> >> Ross is completely fungible. He had a good year (in the "Tom Brunansky >> leads the team in HRs" sort of a way), but he should really be a platoon >> player and he's never going to give more than he did in 2012. Sign him, >> don't sign him, I'm ambivalent. >> >> Steve O >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Dan DiBiase <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> They need to pay Ortiz whatever he wants, is my feeling. They can't >>> replace the offense he has put up. Yeah, he's a year older, and >>> injured, but they need him now more than ever, both from a baseball >>> perspective and a 'public relations' perspective. Ross, I would >>> like to have back but not at crazy money. I would do 2 years for him but >>> not three (unless it was a club option). But he wants to be here >>> so I think that will get done as well. >>> >>> Dan D >>> Central NJ USA >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From:* Ray Daniel Salemi <[email protected]> >>> *To:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>> >>> *Sent:* Friday, November 2, 2012 1:21 PM >>> *Subject:* Re: So >>> >>> I don't see that Ortiz is worth the same money that he made the past two >>> years. He's 36, spent a big chunk of the season injured, and may be ready >>> for a slide. >>> >>> If there was a deal it would need to be incentive-laden. >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 1:09 PM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> We do "The Trade" so we'll have financial flexibility. We're going to >>> focus on players who have proven they can play in Boston. Yet we're content >>> to let David Ortiz and Cody Ross go to free agency. I can't be completely >>> critical because I don't know what the players are asking, but I wish we'd >>> locked them down for a few more years. -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> -- >> 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.
