LOL Mario at the collective ass question.
It’s too bad we don’t have Shaq’s movie alter egos on hand. Kazaam and Steel would have us in first getting ready for the playoffs.
Agreed about Masset; he’s definitely a starter and was just going to continue to rot as a reliever.
Big dap to Buehrle—I’m really happy to have that done. And regardless what happens with the rest of the year, I feel much better about our future with him being a part of it.
I hope the signing doesn’t prompt the trading of Garland and Vazquez; however, I really at the least want to build around Buehrle, Garland, and Danks.
I side with Mario on Garland being more valuable in a trade and on the market. I understand the ages of Vaz and Garland plays into that; however, I like Garland’s consistency and the durability he’s shown for the Sox. And I agree with Gage that I highly doubt Garland will be re-signing with the Sox, as he’ll be too expensive, which is unfortunate.
I hope that we get young. I agree that we need to be progressing for the 2009 and 2010 seasons. It usually has been such in the past, but I hope these KW quotes about standing pat are just unnecessary bluffs.
If Rowand gets $9-10M/year, I hope we’re not the ones signing him. I agree that $6-7M would be acceptable, but I’m leery of going over that unless it’s incentive-laden.
Strong ending with the threats to KW and the message to JR. I’m leery about firing KW, but his head probably will need to roll if we stand pat.
Glad the site and SSR’s back; good stuff this week guys.