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How about those RED SOX!

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Good move for the Red Sox.....my first thought is WTF Oakland??!!!  Maybe it makes sense but initially I don't get it.  

 

They are all in this year.  Lester-Gray-Samardizija-Kazmir looks like an All-Star team.  I definitely am rooting for them come October.

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What a deadline.  Getting Craig and Kelly for Lackey I think is a good return and then one of the Orioles top prospects for Miller.    Heck, even trading with the Yanks in a salary dump of Stephen Drew.  Well done Ben Cherington.  It is nice to root for a team that has no problems selling and selling hard when the situation calls for it.

 

Also, Tampa did poorly in their return for Price.  Good day all around.

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http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story/_/id/11392841/boston-red-sox-add-cuban-rusney-castillo

 

Now this excites the heck out of me.  Just two months ago my brother and I were talking about how successful these Cuban bats have been recently and how the Sox need to get some.  First they trade for Cespedes and now 2/3 of the OF is Cuban.  I figure being on the same team can only be a positive for both of them.  If this kid turns out to be the real deal then it is an incredible contract.  Still need a rotation but it is rare that a 56-72 team could make me so excited for the following season.

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Reports say that the Sox are "all-in" on Pablo Sandoval.  Not sure how I feel about this.  Yes he fills two major needs (3B and can bat lefty) but the 6 year, $90 million contract he is looking for is a bit much to me for a guy with his numbers of late. 

 

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2011 .909

2012 .789

2013 .758

2014 .739

 

That is not exciting to me, not for that much money/years

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Reports say that the Sox are "all-in" on Pablo Sandoval.  Not sure how I feel about this.  Yes he fills two major needs (3B and can bat lefty) but the 6 year, $90 million contract he is looking for is a bit much to me for a guy with his numbers of late. 

 

OPS

2011 .909

2012 .789

2013 .758

2014 .739

 

That is not exciting to me, not for that much money/years

 

 

Sandoval would be good for the Sox because he can DH as well.

Plus it fugs the Giants so there's that.

Hope you get the Panda.

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Sandoval would be good for the Sox because he can DH as well.

Plus it fugs the Giants so there's that.

Hope you get the Panda.

 

He could help, although we do not need a DH, but 6/90 for someone with those declining numbers is still too much.  I get that he played 60% of his games at AT&T, Dodger Stadium and Pac Bell and those games are being replaced with Fenway, Yankee, and Camden, but I still do not feel that those numbers justify that many or those years.

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