The Baseball Thread

i predict lotsa 3-2 red sawk wins...

It's really depressing isn't it?!

You think Lackey will make that much of a difference while the offensive side of the Sox goes somewhat stale?

Oh... yeah ... did they come that much closer to losing Jason Bay? <<sigh>>

for starters, they now have 3 bonafied aces, plus dice-K and buchholz/wakefield.
then factor in the bullpen (they will have to replace wagner & saiito).
i would be surprised if they don't lead the majors in team ERA.

i think j-bay is a goner.
he turned down the home-town discount for more blingage elsewhere.

if the lowell trade happens, i'd like to see them go after adrian gonz, and move youk to 3rd...

Who are they trying to trade Lowell for? I liked him! Solid third baseman defensive wise.

I heard a Beltre rumor.

I think he is a better fit, and leave Youk at first.

minor league catcher max ramirez -- they're saying he's good hit, bad field.
the problem with lowell is he was slow to begin with, and is even slower post-surgery.

looks like the deal may fall through...
http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/mlb/news/story?id=4738602

looks like the winter is heating up.

and Cliff Lee found out that baseball is a business...

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-baseballrdp&prov=ap&type=lgns



Seattle has gotten lots better from my vantage point.

I guess they also need an inevitable Veritek replacement so the deal makes sense.

trying to figger out why phillie gave up a left-handed ace to acquire a right-handed ace...

I have problems with the logic, too.

still trying to decipher the fine print...

mr lowell is still a sawk; to have surgery on right thumb...
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2009/12/20/lowell_trade_is_off/

Bay is headed to the Mets.



http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4779416

his dinger production will decrease in that spacious ballpark.
perhaps wilpon will move the fences in...

I finally have a reason to route for a New York team.


http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/post/_/id/4781161/is-jason-bay-worth-66-million

The Yankees are morons for letting Matsui go. Just found out right now that's he's an Angel now.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hGPV-kNsMiuwAbgEnGojcdthB7Qw

seeing the Mets move all the way up to 18 out of 30 made me wonder where they were in payroll. I knew they would be top 5.

this kinda made me wanna ralph...

he Following is a list of MLB payrolls as of opening day 2009

1. New York Yankees- 201,449,289 million dollars
2. New York Mets- 135,773,988 million dollars
3. Chicago Cubs- 135,050,000 million dollars
4. Boston Red Sox- 122,696,000 million dollars
5. Detroit Tigers- 115,085,145 million dollars
6. LA Angels- 113,709,000 million dollars
7. Philadelphia Phillies- 113,004,048 million dollars
8. Houston Astros- 102,996,415 million dollars
9. LA Dodgers- 100,458,101 million dollars
10. Seattle Mariners- 98,904,167 million dollars
11. Atlanta Braves- 96,726,167 million dollars
12. Chicago White Sox- 96,068,500 million dollars
13. St. Louis Cardinals- 88,528,411 million dollars
14. San Francisco Giants- 82,161,450 million dollars
15. Cleveland Indians- 81,625,567 million dollars
16. Toronto Blue Jays- 80,993,657 million dollars
17. Milwaukee Brewers- 80,257,502 million dollars
18. Colorado Rockies- 75,201,000 million dollars
19. Arizona Diamondbacks- 73,571,667 million dollars
20. Cincinnati Reds- 70,968,500 million dollars
21. Kansas City Royals- 70,908,333million dollars
22. Texas Rangers- 68,646,023 million dollars
23. Baltimore Orioles- 67,101,667 million dollars
24. Minnesota Twins- 65,299,267 million dollars
25. Tampa Bay Rays- 63,313,035 million dollars
26. Oakland A’s- 62,310,000 million dollars
27. Washington Nationals- 59,328,000 million dollars
28. Pittsburgh Pirates- 48,743,000 million dollars
29. San Diego Padress-42,796,700 million dollars
30. Florida Marlins- 36,814,000 million dollars





I wonder what Abner would think about it...

I wonder how much season tickets for the Pirates are running. I wouldn't mind moving to Pittsburgh and taking advantage of their misfortune.

Have you spent any time in Pittsburgh?


Florida produces some damn fine ball for #30...

True dat. And Minnesota is apparently savvy with their resources as well.