And the excitement continues...
Ok, so, brand spanking new news to report! According to the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Johan Santana could be traded within the next 10 days! Seriously, only 10 more days and this could be over.
This has been a miserable offseason. Nobody cares about Andruw Jones, the Athletics and Diamondbacks made the only trade worth really looking at, and the Mitchell Report did nothing but tell Joe Fan that there was and may still be a problem in baseball, but nobody knows how to fix it. Add to that the fact that the last thing I really got excited about was the possibility of a Santana trade at the winter meetings that never materialized and it sure has been ho-hum.
The best part of all of this is that it appears as though the Sox have taken Lester out of the equation for good, meaning that they're more impressed with his makeup than with newly-minted Boras-ite (and $100+ autograph guru) Jacoby Ellsbury. Considering what Lester has gone through and the way he handled himself in the World Series, it would be nice to stick with the feel-good story. Plus, imagine what a vote of confidence it would be for Coco if we tossed the youngster and stuck with him?
I mean look, Santana would be fun to watch, but there's just way more that can be done with all of the pieces that would be sent to Minnesota over the next 4 years. Besides, when $20 million dollars is invested in just one player each season, he becomes the biggest liability ever.
Pitchers and catchers should just report now so that we all have something to read and write about.
This has been a miserable offseason. Nobody cares about Andruw Jones, the Athletics and Diamondbacks made the only trade worth really looking at, and the Mitchell Report did nothing but tell Joe Fan that there was and may still be a problem in baseball, but nobody knows how to fix it. Add to that the fact that the last thing I really got excited about was the possibility of a Santana trade at the winter meetings that never materialized and it sure has been ho-hum.
The best part of all of this is that it appears as though the Sox have taken Lester out of the equation for good, meaning that they're more impressed with his makeup than with newly-minted Boras-ite (and $100+ autograph guru) Jacoby Ellsbury. Considering what Lester has gone through and the way he handled himself in the World Series, it would be nice to stick with the feel-good story. Plus, imagine what a vote of confidence it would be for Coco if we tossed the youngster and stuck with him?
I mean look, Santana would be fun to watch, but there's just way more that can be done with all of the pieces that would be sent to Minnesota over the next 4 years. Besides, when $20 million dollars is invested in just one player each season, he becomes the biggest liability ever.
Pitchers and catchers should just report now so that we all have something to read and write about.
Labels: 2007 Offseason
Ryan Brodeur at 9:37 PM
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