Red Sox Signings
Love the Baldelli singing.
Not so much the Smoltz deal.
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Rocco came basically for free. He can make a couple of million through incentive clauses. The man, when healthy, can play and has always hit. He will be a good fourth or fifth outfielder, as the Sox believe his health problems do not preclude him from playing quite a bit this season.
As for John Smoltz, $5m is a lot of scratch for a guy who, at best, will be healthy near midseason. Smoltzie missed almost all of 2008 due to a shoulder injury and the subsequent major surgery. I feel like Theo is hedging his bets with the Penny and Smoltz singings, hoping one of the two comes through with a big year.
Me? I like Bowden and Masterson a lot. Both would make good fifth starters. These things have a way of working themselves out, and, hey, it ain't my money, so what's the worry?
We all want another World Series win for Boston, and singing talent helps in the pursuit of that goal. I just hope that spending a good chunk of available and limited resources on a 41 year old coming off season ending arm surgery does not prevent the Sox from getting what they really need: a catcher who can rake.
The catcher question remains problem number one to be fixed prior to next month's spring training debut for the 2009 Boston Red Sox.
Not so much the Smoltz deal.
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Rocco came basically for free. He can make a couple of million through incentive clauses. The man, when healthy, can play and has always hit. He will be a good fourth or fifth outfielder, as the Sox believe his health problems do not preclude him from playing quite a bit this season.
As for John Smoltz, $5m is a lot of scratch for a guy who, at best, will be healthy near midseason. Smoltzie missed almost all of 2008 due to a shoulder injury and the subsequent major surgery. I feel like Theo is hedging his bets with the Penny and Smoltz singings, hoping one of the two comes through with a big year.
Me? I like Bowden and Masterson a lot. Both would make good fifth starters. These things have a way of working themselves out, and, hey, it ain't my money, so what's the worry?
We all want another World Series win for Boston, and singing talent helps in the pursuit of that goal. I just hope that spending a good chunk of available and limited resources on a 41 year old coming off season ending arm surgery does not prevent the Sox from getting what they really need: a catcher who can rake.
The catcher question remains problem number one to be fixed prior to next month's spring training debut for the 2009 Boston Red Sox.
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