Comments on: Red Sox interested in Kelvim Escobar among others

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:25:21 +0000

As a Wake-Injury-Insurance Option, we can probably find somebody cheaper and (I hate to say it, but) more reliable than Kelvim Escobar.

Yes, Escobar could dazzle and earn himself a regular rotation spot and make Theo look like a genius, but honestly the probability is slim. In reality, what we need to guarantee production if Wakefield goes down is not a pie-in-the-sky scenario (especially one that involves another injury-plagued player) but just a AAAA hurler. These guys are a dime-a-dozen, but of all things what we don't need is another injury-risk to back up our current injury-risk.

We played the high-risk-high-reward game last year with Smoltz and Penny. We staked our hopes on miracles. Neither panned out for us. Let's shoot ourselves in the foot again, though. It was fun getting swept out of the playoffs, really.

By: JoeSox

JoeSox — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:32:22 +0000

I dunno, are they? The statement I made wasn't that guys like Kelvim Escobar aren't worth having, it's that I thought both Sheets and Harden would get guaranteed starting jobs, whereas Bedard, Escobar, and Duchscherer and other questionable starters are the ones who are probably going to be targeted by the Sox to be insurance for when Wake or someone else goes down. Then we somehow dovetailed into a weird talk about adding a letter to the end of someone's name, and how it's "sad".

By: C'MonMan

C'MonMan — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:15:54 +0000

i see, so apparently the Escobars aren't worth having; either or all of them that is? I just don't get it, and its not just you. the talking heads throughout the "industry" do it as well. if you're going to list off names, just list off the names. the unnecessary plurals have become gratuitous and sadly commonplace.

By: JoeSox

JoeSox — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:01:15 +0000

Please, my Plural Speaking Quotient (PSQ) is hurt by an unusually small sample size. You need at least 2 years, preferably 3 before making a sound judgment about me.

On the other hand, I still don't think what I said is logically wrong.

By: C'MonMan

C'MonMan — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:39:35 +0000

people who speak in plurals like that love to hear themselves talk

By: JoeSox

JoeSox — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:27:34 +0000

So would I, but it wouldn't surprise me if at least one of the two gets more than a 1-year offer, and I don't know if Theo would be willing to do that. I mean, aren't we essentially looking for a "Wake Insurance" pitcher here? Harden and Sheets are probably looking to start right off the bat.

We may have to cross the two off the list and go more towards the Kelvim Escobars, the Justin Duchscherers, or the Erik Bedards.

By: _Marcos_

_Marcos_ — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:09:51 +0000

i dont like it either but if they dont pull out the trade, the Yankees will get him

By: M.A.G.

M.A.G. — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:17:05 +0000

By the way, there’s no article about Halladay?

I don’t like the idea, by the way.

By: M.A.G.

M.A.G. — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:11:53 +0000

Agree, Sheets or Harden look like better options.

By: bob

bob — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:27:14 +0000

I'd rather go for Sheets. He has had a lot of injuries but he's been lights out when healthy and they never really gave him time to recover. I think with a full year of rest behind him he could be a force once he regains his feel