It's that time again folks. When you've chimed in with your questions and I will give you the most intelligent, in-depth, accurate answer regarding your Boston Red Sox and baseball in general. This shout out goes to one of my dedicated readers, Money Mike. Mike Wrote:
1) if pedroia goes to ss and he's solid why not get a guy like orlando hudson(who hit .357 and had 35 doubles and plays hard d) or belliard who after the trade deadline in 09 had an ops 1.034 and is nasty in the field(few other names wanna throw at you are fellipe lopez,adam kennedy,polanco from detroit?)
2) our line-up could look like this ells,pedroia,youk,v-mart,holliday(or bay), drew,one of my already mentiond 2b, and lowell(or beltrea) your thoughts
3) dude we need a big bat or power pitcher we gotta shit or get off the pot bromontana(halliday or gonzo) gotta get one or the other for the winter ends or spring training begins your thoughts?
4) i know its just a rumor about hanley comming back or the sox having interest in him but it isnt likely in my mind is it
5) what about uggla comin in, in a possible trade that would be good DP and uggla up the middle?
halla at me
Your wish is my command Mike, this is me 'halla'ing.
- With regards to Pedroia going to short, the Red Sox are going to exhaust ALL options before moving their Gold Glove 2nd Baseman to the other side of the diamond. That being said, the options are pretty much exhausted. Scutaro, as I've been screaming at the top of my lungs, is NOT a viable option here. But you need to understand that in moving Pedroia to SS you ARE going to lose some range, mostly in the hole, not so much up the middle. I say not so much up the middle because I do think they are going to sign Orlando Hudson who is THE BEST fielder out of the 5 2nd sackers that you mentioned. Ronnie Belliard is not as "nasty" in the field as you're proclaiming (.981 FPCT vs .986 for Hudson). Belliard is 3 years older than Hudson. He doesn't run the bases as well as Hudson. Belliard hasn't played more than 100 games since '07 either. Hudson is the all-around best 2nd baseman on the market and it has just been rumored today that they are VERY interested in him. To add a little bit more giddy-up to this rumor the Dodgers didn't offer him arbitration, so this won't cost the Sox a draft pick either. Felipe Lopez has a better bat than glove but the Red Sox need to get better on Defense while adding a productive Bat. With that logic it rules Adam Kennedy out, because his OBP is less than .350 year in, year out. From all reports Polanco is about to sign a 3-year 18 Mil deal to play third base for the World Series runner up Phillies.
- While most of the players are correct in your lineup I'm pretty sure Victor Martinez is going to be hitting 3rd, with Holliday or Bay hitting cleanup, Youkilis in the 5-Hole, Ortiz (rebound year for big papi, and by rebound I mean he's going to hit .270), Lowell can't bat 9th if he's on the team and either could Beltre they would be in the 7 hole. Followed by Drew (who thrived in the 8 slot) and then having Hudson as the 2nd leadoff in the 9 hole. I still believe you have to get rid of Mike Lowell but Scott Boras knows this as well and will ABSOLUTELY use this against the Red Sox in negotiations, so I'm feeling apprehensive that he will be on the roster come March.
- I agree with you, as evidenced by EVERY blog I've written for the last 3 weeks. As much as I want to see Gonzo here (and trust me I'm getting a rise in my Levi's just thinking about it) it's not going to happen now. San Diego has EVERY right to ask for our top 4 prospects (Buchholz, Bard, Kelly and Westmoreland) plus and not limited to Casey Kotchman and probably more players. Even a small market struggling team like San Diego can afford his contract and he's still young enough that, with Jed Hoyer running the team, they can build around him much like the Nats are trying to do with Zimmerman, and the Pirates will do with McCutcheon. The more I think about it the more it makes sense to deal for Miguel Cabrera. As good as he is he won't command as much as Gonzo would because of the obelisk that is his contract (due another 128 mil for 6 years). If the Red Sox offer to take the entire contract the Tigers, will almost have no choice but to take a lesser deal. As far as power pitching, to deal for Halladay you are essentially signing him up for a long term contract at close to 20 mil a year. I posted this link, the other day, but you obviously didn't see it. It really opens your eyes to the regression of pitchers. Why would you do that when you could deal for someone like, say, Josh Johnson? He'd presumably cost less in terms of prospects, and you're looking at someone who is the same age as Jon Lester, and a creepy spitting image of Beckett on the mound.
- I don't see Hanley coming back here until he hits free Agency at the earliest, and with Jose Iglesias in the minors having a Roberto Alomar-esque glove from Shortstop, if his bat comes around we're looking at not needing him. Also, it doesn't make sense for the Marlins. He's their franchise player and one of the top 5 ALL-AROUND players in all of baseball. Not only that but like A-Gonz, he's relatively affordable for the next few years. You'd have to gut the farm for him like you would if you were to obtain Adrian Gonzalez. I don't see it.
- Uggla is a one trick pony. He can mash, that's about it. He doesn't hit for average. Doesn't get on base. And he fields about as well as Daniel Stern and Joe Peschi break and enter into MacCauley Culkin's house. He has stone hands around the bag, and you already said that Hudson was coming here so you should just take that thought and put it in the 'That was dumb' box and throw it in the ocean.
That's about all I got for ya'll today folks, as always if you have thoughts, concerns, criticisms, and questions send 'em in. Either in the comments, via Twitter, Facebook, or email you'll ALWAYS get your questions answered. I can't promise that I'm going to deem your questions intelligent but that's a battle for another day.
Stay Tuned
Ryan
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