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Ottimo Oki Dokie.

Josh Beckett. Io credo che prima dell'Opening Day ci vorrebbe l'estensione.
Almeno 4 anni. Ma a che prezzo?
Negli ultimi tre anni ha reso $73m (!) in totale.


Intanto arrivano queste.
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.ph ... -prospects
Appena ho tempo le metterò a confronto con quelle di BA e quelle di Renè, anche se create con criteri diversi.
Magari escludiamo coloro che hanno già esordito in MLB.

73/3 fa più o meno 24M all'anno Li avrà anche prodotti, ma farei attenzione a darglieli per i prossimi 4 anni...

Jason Fly wrote: 73/3 fa più o meno 24M all'anno Li avrà anche prodotti, ma farei attenzione a darglieli per i prossimi 4 anni...

credo che il contratto alla fine si assesterà più vicino ai 18, a meno che non si inserisca una delle squadre di NY.

rigorosamente nella prossima offseason, per rispettare la tradizione.

joesox wrote: Intanto arrivano queste.
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.ph ... -prospects

Kalish così basso? 

Jeremy Hermida firma per $3.345m.

Fine arbitration. Anche per quest'anno i Red Sox le evitano.

The Red Sox today announced three changes in Baseball Operations. Eddie Romero, who has served as Coordinator, Latin American Operations since 2006, was promoted to Assistant Director, Latin American Operations. Gus Quattlebaum was promoted to Assistant Director, Amateur Scouting after working for the club as a Major League scout since 2006. Steve Peck was named a Major League scout. He joined the Red Sox in 2009 as a professional scout after 13 years on the coaching and scouting staff of the Seattle Mariners.

According a post on Twitter from NPB Tracker, Sports Hochi is reporting that the Red Sox are one of four teams to have offered a minor league contract to left-handed pitcher Hisanori Takahashi. The other three clubs reportedly showing interest are the Giants, Padres, and Dodgers. Takahashi is a 34-year-old left-hander who has started for most of his career. Last season with the Yomiuri Giants he went 10-6 with a 2.94 ERA, striking out 121 batters while walking 36 in 144 innings pitched. Takahaski made approximately $1.3 million in 2009 with Yomiuri. The lefty's best pitch is a screwball-type offering, with his fastball usually topping out at 90 mph.

The Red Sox have invited 20 players to attend the team's major league spring training camp as non-roster invitees. Half of the 20 invitees have major league experience, including pitchers Randor Bierd, Fernando Cabrera, Edwin Moreno, Joe Nelson, Brian Shouse and Jorge Sosa; infielders Angel Sanchez and Gil Velasquez; outfielder Darnell McDonald; and catcher Gustavo Molina. Cabrera and Velasquez played with the Red Sox last season. 
The rest of the non-roster invitees include pitchers Kris Johnson, Casey Kelly, Adam Mills and Kyle Weiland; infielders Lars Anderson and Yamaico Navarro; outfielders Zack Daeges, Ryan Kalish and Che-Hsuan Lin; and catcher Luis Esposito.

The Red Sox' player development complex in Fort Myers, Fla.will host the team's spring training workouts for the first weeks of camp.
Pitchers and catchers are scheduled to report to spring training on Feb. 18, with their first workout scheduled on Feb. 20. Position players are due to report on Feb. 22, with the first full team workout scheduled on Feb. 24.
The Red Sox will move their spring operations to City of Palms Park when exhibition games begin on March 3.

Bill James.

In terms of Runs Saved over the last three seasons, here is how some Red Sox ranked at their respective positions:
Kevin Youkilis, third. Dustin Pedroia, sixth and Marco Scutaro, sixth. Nobody else was in the top 10.
You'll be shocked to hear that Jacoby Ellsbury was an average of -7 over the last three years and -9 last season. Mike Lowell was -18 last season, making him the worst third baseman in the game.
Victor Martinez has an average of -11 as a catcher over the last three seasons.
In terms of Plus/Minus, Youkilis, Pedroia, Scutaro and Mike Cameron grade out well over the last three seasons. J.D. Drew was +11 last season in right field.

OFFENSE
Ellsbury stole third base 13 times. Only Brian Roberts (14) did that more. ... Pedroia saw 2,829 pitches. Only Chone Figgins (3,084), Jayson Werth (3,046), Roberts (2,901) and Adam Dunn (2,893) saw more. ...Youkilis was the AL leader in pitcher per plate appearance (4.42) ... Scutaro was third in pitches taken. ... Drew had the best OPS for AL right fielders and the best OPS (.999) in the entire AL in the second half of the season. Yes, better than Joe Mauer (.998). ... Pedroia had the shortest average home runs in the AL (minimum 10 HRs). His "bombs" averaged 366 feet. ... Good luck trying to get Pedroia (6.6 percent of the time), Youkilis (10.5 percent) and Ellsbury (12.1 percent) to swing at the first pitch. They were in the top 10 in the AL.

Josh Beckett received an average of 6.36 runs of support per nine innings pitched, third in the AL. ... Jon Lester's 9.96 strikeouts per nine innings trailed only Justin Verlander (10.09) in the AL. ... Opponents hit .128 against Jon Papelbon with a runner in scoring position. ... Daniel Bard threw 39 pitches of 100+ mph. That was second in the AL, well behind Joel Zumaya of Detroit, who did it 198 times.

2010 PROJECTIONS
This is very much an inexact science, as James readily admits. But it's fun to look at. Here are the key Red Sox:

Ellsbury: .302/.360/.420. 106 R, 64 SB
Pedroia: .307/.378/.465, 15 HR, 109 R, 75 RBI
Youkilis: .289/.394/.492, 23 HR, 98 R, 95 RBI
Martinez: .298/.377/.464, 19 HR, 97 RBI
Ortiz: .264/.369/.519, 29 HR, 99 RBI
Drew: .269/.385/.474, 22 HR, 76 RBI
Beltre: .269/.321/.439, 17 HR, 68 RBI
Cameron: .237/.328/.428, 23 HR, 74 RBI
Scutaro: .264/.347/.381, 10 HR, 57 RBI
Hermida: .267, 20 HR, 73 RBI
Varitek: .229, 9 HR

Now keep in mind that these projections were made right after the season and do not take into account players changing teams or leagues.

Ken Gurnick of MLB.com reported that Ramirez was considering not picking up his $20 million option and instead returning to the American League to DH. That’s where he may be headed in 2011.

Truck Day!

joesox wrote: Truck Day!

Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka likely will be delayed slightly in his spring training schedule by back stiffness or a strain, possibly the result of his rigorous offseason workout program...
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