I had been thinking about this, and Evan mentioned it as well. But would the Red Sox be better off letting Jason Bay walk? Would they be better off taking the draft picks, finding a one-year stopgap. And hopefully letting Josh Reddick take over the position, at a very cheap price, and under club control for a while?
Look, we all know there is risk in expecting young players to contribute before they might be ready. Clay Buchholz was supposed to be the guy in 2008, supposed to be that ace. But he wasn’t, and still isn’t–although improved. Simply put, we don’t know how good Josh Reddick will be. We expect big things, or good things, but we don’t know. So putting faith in prospects does have its risks.
However, signing veterans to long term contracts also has risks. Jason Bay is not an up-the-middle defender. He is not 26–although not old by any means either. And he is a sub-par defender according to any defensive metric that matters. As he may not be atrocious in left, but he is far from good. And corner outfielders do impact a game much less than the premium positions do, at least in terms of run prevention.
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The Boston Bruins and Boston Celtics had already won their playoff games. So, It couldn’t have been more fitting that Jonathan Papelbon had a chance to close out the Boston sports tri-fecta.
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Ex-NFL color commentator John Madden — not to be confused with Rays Manager Joe Maddon — always said speed kills. He wasn’t joking.
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Any questions about Josh Beckett returning to his 2007 form were answered against the Tampa Bay Rays. At least for one start.
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The Tampa Bay Rays are coming off their first successful season in the history of the franchise. Finally, they’re not considered doormats with no vision of the future. Now the Pirates stand alone there. (Even the Royals are much improved!)
This club is scary in the pool of young talent they already hold plus more on the way in the minor leagues. The Rays will compete for a very, very long time. But will they be able to withstand the Red Sox and Yankees assault in 2009?
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Tim Wakefield got shelled early and the trend continued as the Tampa Bay Rays now have a 3-1 lead over the Boston Red Sox in the ALCS.
The Rays hitters scored [...]
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The recap:
Coco Crisp —
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After the dust settled and Coco Crisp avoided a James Shield haymaker and took a licking from Jonny Gomes and Carl Crawford, Manny Ramirez drove in five runs helping beat [...]
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Does Carl Crawford have Jacoby Ellsbury on his fantasy baseball team or something?
“Let him go,” said Crawford to the Providence Journal.
The Red Sox, historically never known for their speed (which [...]
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The Boston Red Sox had many chances to win last night, but two twin killings late in the game would foreshadow Boston’s ending result.
In the tenth and eleventh innings the [...]
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