by josh lacey | Jan 19, 2009 | Community post
This is not as crazy as it sounds. There are established routes for young players to work their way to the Majors, but no good routes for older players, even older heroes, to work their way out. These veterans have great value beyond their diminished abilities. They...
by josh lacey | Jan 12, 2009 | Brad Penny, Community post, David Aardsma, David Ortiz, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Bay, Jed Lowrie, John Smoltz, Josh Bard, Josh Beckett, Julio Lugo, Mark Kotsay, Mike Lowell, Rocco Baldelli, Takashi Saito, Tim Wakefield
17 of the starting 25 Red Sox for 2009 have much to prove this season. Of this number, 15 are rebounding from injuries which plagued 2008. This is not a bad thing, as the entire team will be extraordinarily motivated to do well, to win, to pull together and help each...
by josh lacey | Jan 9, 2009 | Community post
Lot’s of reasons are given when a player like Charlie Zinc slips away with dfa. He is “too old” of a prospect is the usual. Other statements: we block our prospects; make room for younger prospects; they are held onto for too long. The reality is,...
by josh lacey | Jan 3, 2009 | Community post
Got the flu, so have cruised baseball blogs, and thought some comments might be appropriate, the most significant being that many of Scott Boras’ moves around the league have blown up in his face, and those of his clients. Awwww! It’s not just Sox fans who...
by josh lacey | Dec 10, 2008 | A.J. Burnett, C.C. Sabathia, Derek Lowe, New York Yankees, Quick Post
For the Yankees, there was only one move that would make this off season anything short of disappointing; signing CC Sabathia. According to Joel Sherman of the New York Post, the Yankees and Brian Cashman have accomplished that goal. Sabathia is not going to play on...
