July 10, 201411 yr Chemistry/personality or not, there is simply no point in bringing him back to a rebuilding team, especially as he hasn't produced a lick himself this year. I hope the Sox concentrate on upgrading young talent on this roster. Edited July 10, 201411 yr by GreenSox
July 10, 201411 yr QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 9, 2014 -> 09:56 PM) There is it. Our solution. Bring back AJP. Tell him it's just for the rest of this season. Flowers is backup. Everybody's happy in Soxland. QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jul 9, 2014 -> 09:58 PM) Except Adrian Nieto If the Sox brought AJ in (which I doubt), Flowers would be the odd man out. Nieto can't be sent to the minors unless the Sox complete a trade with Washington. I don't see the Sox bringing AJ in, and this could be one of the reasons. I think they like Flowers, even with his .210 BA and 100+ Ks already. Personally, I'd rather see AJ and Nieto sharing time, but I do see the point that it doesn't do anything for a team that is not going to contend. It would be a move for the fans and for a short term (minor) gain.
July 10, 201411 yr QUOTE (chisoxfan310 @ Jul 10, 2014 -> 07:11 AM) Picking up AJ doesn't prevent you from finding a long term solution. Exactly. That's my argument for doing it. It won't do anything for the future, but having Flowers out there doesn't either. Nieto could be the catcher of the future. It's hard to tell. We won't know for a while. But, I think we can all agree that Flowers is not the catcher of the future. So why not bring AJ in, release Flowers, and go with AJ and Nieto for the rest of the year. Give Nieto a little more time than he has been getting, see what you've got.
July 10, 201411 yr QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Jul 10, 2014 -> 08:10 AM) Exactly. That's my argument for doing it. It won't do anything for the future, but having Flowers out there doesn't either. Nieto could be the catcher of the future. It's hard to tell. We won't know for a while. But, I think we can all agree that Flowers is not the catcher of the future. So why not bring AJ in, release Flowers, and go with AJ and Nieto for the rest of the year. Give Nieto a little more time than he has been getting, see what you've got. agreed, nieto can learn a lot more from AJ than from flowers
July 10, 201411 yr QUOTE (chisoxfan310 @ Jul 10, 2014 -> 07:11 AM) Picking up AJ doesn't prevent you from finding a long term solution. It also doesn't accomplish anything. I don't see the point.
July 10, 201411 yr Some anonymous Red Sox players dumped all over Pierzynski on his way out: http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/07/...asyleaguegm.com I'm not surprised that AJ wasn't the best teammate but some of that stuff isn't really his job. Where was that Giant Smiling Syringe Ortiz at? I thought he made everyone feel better.
July 10, 201411 yr Love that story. Pitcher acts like child. AJ ignores it. AJs fault somehow. Author nailed it. The Red Sox are being babies...again I just don’t understand why this always happens with the Red Sox. Every other team in baseball manages to cut players when necessary and not have it be a big deal. In Boston, there are always knives out when people walk out the door. How the story of him being DFA’d isn’t “Pierzynski wasn’t cutting it, we aren’t winning, we have this young catcher named Vazquez who we think can really be the future of the club and we want to get him up now” is beyond me. Edited July 10, 201411 yr by Buehrle>Wood
July 10, 201411 yr QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 10, 2014 -> 09:38 AM) Love that story. Pitcher acts like child. AJ ignores it. AJs fault somehow. Author nailed it. The Red Sox are being babies...again There are only two non-veteran pitchers on the Red Sox who have made starts this year, Rubby De La Rosa and Brandon Workman. Workman has been pretty consistent, but the Cubs marked him up for 5er on July 2nd. De La Rosa hasn't really had a terrible outing as the report indicates, so I would assume its Workman.
July 10, 201411 yr This isn't the first time in his career a team has complained about AJ after he left. Place could well have just been a poor fit (and people aren't going to look the other way if you're not producing either).
July 10, 201411 yr I'm guessing, when it comes to AJ, there's fire where there is so much smoke. All the Red Sox Way s*** makes me puke though
July 10, 201411 yr My money is on the Cardinals signing AJ when the Red Sox officially release him, since Molina is out 8-12 weeks.
July 10, 201411 yr What was it last time...playing cards in the clubhouse instead of prepping pitchers and watching too many University of Florida Gators football games? Who was the Giants' pitcher who complained about him the most, can't remember? It was a fifth starter type of guy, I remember that, not one of their best pitchers at the time.
July 10, 201411 yr QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 10, 2014 -> 05:46 PM) What was it last time...playing cards in the clubhouse instead of prepping pitchers and watching too many University of Florida Gators football games? Who was the Giants' pitcher who complained about him the most, can't remember? It was a fifth starter type of guy, I remember that, not one of their best pitchers at the time. Brett Tomko.
July 11, 201411 yr I really don't care that AJP is painted as a jerk. He was as important as anybody on the team in the greatest sports year of my life, the year the Sox won it all. Thank you AJP. The more I think about it, I do agree the Sox probably should not bring him back. I worship AJP but he's so damn slow it will be annoying to see him plod around on the basepaths. Also we know he doesn't have a great record of throwing guys out. Flowers is kind of the throwaway catcher during the era in which our team sucks. He's like Robin having to take one for the organization and be the manager during our lousy years. Let's face it, in a few years when the Sox get good again, Tyler and AJP will be both out of baseball. Or Tyler at best will be a backup somewhere.
July 11, 201411 yr QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 10, 2014 -> 11:38 AM) Love that story. Pitcher acts like child. AJ ignores it. AJs fault somehow. Author nailed it. The Red Sox are being babies...again There was a story in Boston media this week about Peavy. He said he would hate to leave Boston. He said in his 1 season with them he has made friends for his lifetime. Both he and AJ are having bad years and both will probably be gone by the end of the month. But where Peavy "fit in" it looks like AJ didn't. AJ had some weird media comments about a month ago how he was responsible for losing a game which seemd odd at the time. Obviously there was some dissension in the clubhouse.
July 11, 201411 yr QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jul 9, 2014 -> 03:58 PM) Trade anybody for him and/or take on any portion of his salary beyond the league minimum? Absolutely not. Sign him for league minimum after he clears waivers? No good reason not to. He can't be worse than Flowers and he'll sell some tickets. lol this is why you shouldnt be a Grade A A-hole. If he was a nice guy, then I bet he'd stay in the game a couple of years longer than he really should talent wise but why would a team put up with him when every MLB team has a catcher of AJ's talent level in AAA or as their current backup?
July 11, 201411 yr QUOTE (Charlie Haeger's Knuckles @ Jul 10, 2014 -> 03:12 PM) My money is on the Cardinals signing AJ when the Red Sox officially release him, since Molina is out 8-12 weeks. This seems like a good match to me
July 12, 201411 yr Nieto has better offensive numbers than AJ and Flowers. If its a lost season where the team sells off guys late July, then why not at least see if Nieto can handle catching 4 times a week.
July 12, 201411 yr Hire AJ to walk out to the mound in the 9th inning and beat the crap out of the next closer who blows a save. Wave to the fans who are offering a standing O and retire.
July 12, 201411 yr BTW I LOL Pierzynski was ejected by umpire Quinn Wolcott after a leadoff walk by pitcher Brandon Workman because he asked Wolcott to "give me a new ball. One you can see."[22] This was Pierzynski's ninth career ejection.
July 12, 201411 yr QUOTE (Tex @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 10:47 PM) Hire AJ to walk out to the mound in the 9th inning and beat the crap out of the next closer who blows a save. Wave to the fans who are offering a standing O and retire. actually AJ would walk out, get punched in the face and then run off the field waving to the fans and act as if he just won some fight.
July 12, 201411 yr QUOTE (zenryan @ Jul 12, 2014 -> 09:55 AM) actually AJ would walk out, get punched in the face and then run off the field waving to the fans and act as if he just won some fight. That reminds me of the time AJ knocked Barrett on his ass with a clean hit as Barrett was trying to block the plate, then Barrett sucker punched AJ with his best shot to the jaw and it didn't even phase AJ. The funny thing was AJ didn't even retaliate but was suspended by MLB! AJ came out looking great on that one while Barrett and MLB looked like clowns.
July 12, 201411 yr QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Jul 12, 2014 -> 12:24 PM) That reminds me of the time AJ knocked Barrett on his ass with a clean hit as Barrett was trying to block the plate, then Barrett sucker punched AJ with his best shot to the jaw and it didn't even phase AJ. The funny thing was AJ didn't even retaliate but was suspended by MLB! AJ came out looking great on that one while Barrett and MLB looked like clowns. Haha, just another fond memory of AJ. I did enjoy enjoy AJ getting the Sox fans pumped.
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