New York Yankees 2011

[MedicCook]

Originally Posted by BigAsh

Like a wise man once said..."Now you got toilet paper for the year!"

Right now it looks that way. The Red Sox are very deep this year.

[BigAsh]

Originally Posted by MedicCook

Right now it looks that way. The Red Sox are very deep this year.

just gotta stay healthy...

[Subvet642]

Originally Posted by MedicCook

The Red Sox are very deep this year.

Yup!

[jonumberone]

Originally Posted by MedicCook

Right now it looks that way. The Red Sox are very deep this year.

Don't crown them yet!
A-Gon is a big addition, and I am not going to diminish his value, but let him prove his worth in the AL east first.
Lots more pressure now and they will pitch him different than in the NL.
The Crawford signing was one of Theo's worst.
He's a GOOD player, but a player who's main + attribute (speed) will be diminished playing left in Fenway.
Also if you watched any Red Sox baseball last year, the team MVP was Beltre!
Lester was brilliant last year and I thought Bucholtz was better, but he still hasn't pitched a full season.
Beckett is another year older and never made his money in the regular season.
And one of these years Papi won't be able to turn around his awful start.

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by jonumberone

Don't crown them yet!
A-Gon is a big addition, and I am not going to diminish his value, but let him prove his worth in the AL east first.
Lots more pressure now and they will pitch him different than in the NL.
The Crawford signing was one of Theo's worst.
He's a GOOD player, but a player who's main + attribute (speed) will be diminished playing left in Fenway.
Also if you watched any Red Sox baseball last year, the team MVP was Beltre!
Lester was brilliant last year and I thought Bucholtz was better, but he still hasn't pitched a full season.
Beckett is another year older and never made his money in the regular season.
And one of these years Papi won't be able to turn around his awful start.

As a Reds fan, trust me when I say that A-Gon is NOT a big addition. He'll be a headache for the fans most of the year. He could be a great player but is on the DL a lot, goes into big-time slumps and his range is overrated.

[Subvet642]

Originally Posted by andysutherland

As a Reds fan, trust me when I say that A-Gon is NOT a big addition. He'll be a headache for the fans most of the year. He could be a great player but is on the DL a lot, goes into big-time slumps and his range is overrated.

Perhaps, but you have to look at the whole line-up; they will be all mutually supporting, in that, until you get to the 8 and 9 spots, it'll be "pick your poison". Just who would you pitch around? The two weak spots, as I see it, are V-Tek and Scutaro, and they most likely will bat 8 and 9. Also important to remember is that they'll play 81 games in our little band-box in Boston; the wall giveth and the wall taketh away. If Crawford and Ellsbury bat toward the top of the line-up (as I suspect), imagine the base running possibilities.

[VirtualSmitty]

Originally Posted by Subvet642

Perhaps, but you have to look at the whole line-up; they will be all mutually supporting, in that, until you get to the 8 and 9 spots, it'll be "pick your poison". Just who would you pitch around? The two weak spots, as I see it, are V-Tek and Scutaro, and they most likely will bat 8 and 9. Also important to remember is that they'll play 81 games in our little band-box in Boston; the wall giveth and the wall taketh away. If Crawford and Ellsbury bat toward the top of the line-up (as I suspect), imagine the base running possibilities.

Varitek is a big hole, and Saltalamacchia can't throw or hit for beans. At least the Yanks have options with their catchers. Crawford got overpayed big time, but i'm happy Boston did it and not the Yanks

[Subvet642]

Originally Posted by VirtualSmitty

Varitek is a big hole, and Saltalamacchia can't throw or hit for beans. At least the Yanks have options with their catchers. Crawford got overpayed big time, but i'm happy Boston did it and not the Yanks

At least we overpay for young guys and not the geriatrics the Yankees overpay for.

[The Poet]

Originally Posted by Subvet642

At least we overpay for young guys and not the geriatrics the Yankees overpay for.

I guess you mean hot young rookies like Wakefield and Big Poopie.

[jonumberone]

Originally Posted by Subvet642

At least we overpay for young guys and not the geriatrics the Yankees overpay for.

Crawford will be 37 yrs old at the end of his contract.
While this isn't ancient, his main + attribute is speed.
It should be the skill that deteriorates first.

[The Poet]

Originally Posted by MedicCook

The Red Sox are very deep this year.

The Rod Sux are very deep every year . . . and we all know in what.