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Post by charliezink16 on Dec 31, 2012 21:17:39 GMT -5
May us Red Sox fans start the New Years on a numerous note. Here's a start...
@keithlaw: The Red Sox might be talking to Bobby Abreu. That's one set of negotiations we know won't run into a wall
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Post by Chris Mellen on Dec 31, 2012 21:55:57 GMT -5
That is funny. The Red Sox "might be" talking to Bobby Abreu. Hard hitting stuff from Keith Law!
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Post by prangerx on Dec 31, 2012 22:47:16 GMT -5
PawSox might need a DH you know.
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Post by adiospaydro2005 on Jan 1, 2013 7:15:56 GMT -5
Another sign that the Red Sox have jumped the shark for 2013. The good news is that the ticket market will be even softer in 2013. The bad news is that at even below face value tickets the product will not be worth it.
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Post by chavopepe2 on Jan 1, 2013 8:26:11 GMT -5
That is funny. The Red Sox "might be" talking to Bobby Abreu. Hard hitting stuff from Keith Law! I don't think he was trying to report any new info, but rather use the existing reports that the Red Sox are working Abreu out to make a joke. |
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Post by benfromma on Jan 1, 2013 8:38:58 GMT -5
Bobby Abreu as first base option make me question why sign and commit money to players like Ortiz,Dempster,Victorino, and Drew. I can't believe that this is part their plan as Gomez and even trying a Lavarnway or Saltalamacchia at first base would probably have more upside. So hopefully, I feel that the best Abreu would get is a minor league contract
and would only provide depth while playing in Pawtucket.
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Post by jmei on Jan 1, 2013 10:09:38 GMT -5
This is just the team doing Abreu a solid and giving him a workout. Don't read too much into it.
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Post by WindyCityRedSox169 on Jan 1, 2013 11:42:07 GMT -5
Bobby Abreu as first base option make me question why sign and commit money to players like Ortiz,Dempster,Victorino, and Drew. I can't believe that this is part their plan as Gomez and even trying a Lavarnway or Saltalamacchia at first base would probably have more upside. So hopefully, I feel that the best Abreu would get is a minor league contract and would only provide depth while playing in Pawtucket. All of those players are on relatively short term deals. If they don't sign those players you are forced with the option of rushing prospects before they are ready. Sure they spent money but they are nowhere being restrained due to money given by those deals. |
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Post by pedroelgrande on Jan 1, 2013 14:03:11 GMT -5
I would have rather see them go the Houston Astros rout and compete for the #1 pick but I guess people in Boston can't take that.
Lets see what happens, maybe these guys over-perform.
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Post by grandsalami on Jan 1, 2013 14:33:46 GMT -5
I would have rather see them go the Houston Astros rout and compete for the #1 pick but I guess people in Boston can't take that. Lets see what happens, maybe these guys over-perform. yah, that will NEVER happen... Remember the bridge year comment and all the shit it started in the press/fans? |
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jan 1, 2013 14:36:49 GMT -5
I would have rather see them go the Houston Astros rout and compete for the #1 pick but I guess people in Boston can't take that. Lets see what happens, maybe these guys over-perform. yah, that will NEVER happen... Remember the bridge year comment and all the shit it started in the press/fans? Really, what's more aggravating? The word "bridge" or the s***show that was 2012? It doesn't matter what you label something. Results are more important. Last year wasn't labeled a bridge year and look how awful it was. The problem isn't so much that the Sox are building a bridge, the questions are how sturdy is this bridge and more importantly what exactly are they bridging to? |
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Post by jmei on Jan 1, 2013 15:00:44 GMT -5
I would have rather see them go the Houston Astros rout and compete for the #1 pick but I guess people in Boston can't take that. Lets see what happens, maybe these guys over-perform. The problem is, even without any of the new signings and even if they traded away Lester and Ellsbury, I don't think that the 2013 Red Sox were going to compete for a top-5 pick, let alone the first pick. Pedroia, Middlebrooks, and Buchholz are all pretty unambiguously better than anyone on the Astros' roster, for instance. There's no way you can really compete with the real dregs of the league unless you purposefully tank a la September 2012, and it's really tough to do that when you have a few good players in the fold already. |
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Post by soxfanatic on Jan 1, 2013 17:11:38 GMT -5
Although the Red Sox dispatched scouts to Venezuela last week to observe Bobby Abreu's workout, it's unlikely the club will sign the veteran outfielder.
The trip, while confirmed today by a major league source, also was labeled somewhat dismissively as "background work" and "nothing more than a scouting assignment".
Scott Lauber
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Post by stevebennett9f16 on Jan 1, 2013 17:21:43 GMT -5
Re: chavopepe2 Abreu joke
Doesn't Abreu have a reputation as player that doesn't go full tilt in the outfield, i.e. won't run into walls? That's what I thought the joke was at least.
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Post by remember04 on Jan 1, 2013 18:21:29 GMT -5
Re: chavopepe2 Abreu joke Doesn't Abreu have a reputation as player that doesn't go full tilt in the outfield, i.e. won't run into walls? That's what I thought the joke was at least. I assume the joke is we won't be outbid by anybody in their right mind. |
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Post by James Dunne on Jan 1, 2013 19:57:51 GMT -5
The bigger joke is that the Red Sox fielded only two players (Ortiz and Nava) with a higher OBP than Abreu had in 2012.
I'd be willing to give the guy a minor leauge contract and ST invite.
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