Bargains ----> Team that doesn't deserve bargains

by JLC on Jan 7, 2009 8:28 PM PST

Rocco Baldelli will be signing with the Red Sox.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090107&content_id=3736388&vkey=hotstove2008&fext=.jsp

I really liked Baldelli as an option for LF next season. I imagine he won't be that expensive and we had the depth necessary to not make me afraid of his fragile body.

And if that weren't enough, John Smoltz is apparently joining him

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090107&content_id=3736434&vkey=hotstove2008&fext=.jsp

What fantastic news.

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Damn me for being ~2 minutes late.

I go to law school. Therefore, I have no life.

by andrewgolfsalot on Jan 7, 2009 8:34 PM PST reply actions

Also, damn the Red Sox / AL East.

I go to law school. Therefore, I have no life.

by andrewgolfsalot on Jan 7, 2009 8:36 PM PST up reply actions

F'ing Red Sox

I want to like Rocco. It becomes significantly harder now.

by appleshampoo on Jan 7, 2009 10:50 PM PST reply actions

What becomes significantly harder?

Certainly not filling our OF. That’s already crowded as it is.

by katal on Jan 8, 2009 6:54 AM PST up reply actions

Liking Baldelli

by Graham MacAree on Jan 8, 2009 7:24 AM PST up reply actions

yes

by appleshampoo on Jan 8, 2009 2:37 PM PST up reply actions

Ahhhh

I had read it as “I want Rocco.” My mistake.

by katal on Jan 8, 2009 9:54 PM PST up reply actions

I do find interesting the extent to which the Red Sox, despite their big budget,

have read the market correctly, while the Yankees haven’t (not that it will hurt the Yankees anytime soon).

I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.

by Llewdor on Jan 8, 2009 3:12 PM PST reply actions

When you do a good job with your budget and have a budget the size that they do

you can afford 4 quality OF and 6 great SP.

by Edgar for Pres on Jan 8, 2009 4:18 PM PST up reply actions

Meanwhile, they're still demanding more money from New York.

by greymstreet on Jan 8, 2009 11:13 PM PST up reply actions

I was talking about Boston

I think the NYY don’t really spend that smart but they have so much money it doesn’t really even matter how intelligently they spend.

by Edgar for Pres on Jan 8, 2009 11:32 PM PST up reply actions

Baldelli is not suited as a starter in any capacity. His role is basically as a super 4th outfielder because his disease really limits how much he can play. Maybe I’m wrong on this, but I couldn’t see him being a starter for us. It’s not like a pitchers elbow injury where he is either fine or blowing out his arm, it seems to have more to do with playing day to day and having the stamina to play a whole season.

I still think this is a steal for the Red Sox because he becomes the best fourth outfielder in baseball.

by jullberg on Jan 8, 2009 7:17 PM PST reply actions