tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313509.post2028978966213255299..comments2023-11-05T03:29:20.511-05:00Comments on Mr Furious: Baseball UpdateMr Furioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03781439243585972721noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313509.post-5003309697125456362009-08-02T19:12:28.219-05:002009-08-02T19:12:28.219-05:00Bucholtz today? Handed a 6-0 lead he gives up 7 ru...Bucholtz today? Handed a 6-0 lead he gives up 7 runs. Luckily the Sox scored 18. His stuff is there, I think he's a headcase.Mr Furioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03781439243585972721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313509.post-59908177128691715582009-08-02T19:08:06.121-05:002009-08-02T19:08:06.121-05:00Masterson: I'd rather the Sox've dealt Buc...Masterson: I'd rather the Sox've dealt Bucholtz than Masterson, but I'm not one of those asshat fans that thinks we can trade J.D. Drew for Tim Lincecum. You have to give up good players for good players. Masterson was the jewel in the package to the Indians--but we got a perennial All-Star in return. No complaints here. As for his position: Martinez has more flexibility than many since he can catch. Varitek is at the end of the line and should NOT be catching or in the lineup every day anymore. VMart can help preserve Varitek and boost his production when he's in there, and when he replaces Varitek, he's a vast upgrade offensively. Lowell cannot stay healthy playing every day, so VMart can replace Youk when he slides over to 3B. The move that makes no sense to me was picking up LaRoche (when you were pursuing other 1Bs) and then exchanging him for yet another 1B in Casey Kotchman. We could use another OF to spell Drew more. But Kotchman is a good player.<br /><br />"A Yankees Trade": I refer more to the player on the downhill side of their career, not the $$$. And while the Sox are certainly a big-market team with a hefty payroll, they still can't (and don't) overpay like the Yankees can.<br /><br />For the record? Jeter is one guy that would surprise me if his name leaked from the positive-test list.Mr Furioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03781439243585972721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313509.post-54929095041403873322009-08-02T18:47:44.177-05:002009-08-02T18:47:44.177-05:00inexplicable career years in the late 90s and earl...<i>inexplicable career years in the late 90s and early 00s.</i><br /><br />Can I get a John Valentin? A Trot Nixon? Marc Belhorn? (though his inexplicable year came with the Cubs in 2002, was it?)Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15398931203483061703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313509.post-33272616014708106892009-08-02T16:25:59.127-05:002009-08-02T16:25:59.127-05:00...And nowhere in this post do I see the name &quo......And nowhere in this post do I see the name "Masterson". You guys trade away the guy who was, in my opinion, your best young pitching prospect, for another C/1B/DH dude and that doesn't merit a mention?<br /><br /><i>That's a deal the Yankees make.</i><br /><br />Heh. There's no distinction anymore between the kind of deals the Yankees make and the kind the Sox do. Sorry to burst your bubble on that one.Toasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418826323088878609noreply@blogger.com