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QUOTE(JFields27 @ Mar 28, 2008 -> 09:24 PM) He'll have more then a leg injury if I ever see him Take it easy Josh. You were supposed to take the demotion gracefully.

QUOTE(jackie hayes @ Mar 28, 2008 -> 06:48 PM) I'd rather see Thome and his career 0-for-11, 7k line against Sabathia riding the bench, personally. Obviously won't happen, I know. I agree. Opening day be damned. Hell why not put BA in center and have Quentin or Ramirez DH and have them up higher in the order. If Ramirez is in there because he's a good fastball hitter put him where he can do some damage. Why have him hitting last behind the lefthanded AJ and Rusty Crede ?

QUOTE(YASNY @ Mar 28, 2008 -> 09:02 AM) I think a rehab assignment is limited to two weeks. But yes, it happens quite often. I know. I just don't see why it hasn't been considered more in the zillions of posts I've read re: Crede/Fields. If the point of keeping Crede is his defense , he hasnt looked all that sharp , mostly his throws are off. Wins at the beginning of the season count just as much as wins at the end. Keeping a bad hitting bad fielding Joe can cost wins. Joe should be on a rehab assignment. Even if Crede does fairly well what's the most the Sox could get for him in trade ? A AA or AAA mediocre prospect ? Kenny's eventually going to have to bite the bullet with Joe . The only way he can save face is for another teams' 3rd baseman going down with an injury while Joe is heating up if that ever happens. Boras has got to be the happiest guy around knowing the Sox are doing him a favor by playing Joe.That way he can prove he's healthy and possibly prove he can still play too.

Logan pitched 2 perfect innings tonight . Might be a sign that a few of our 1 inning specialists might have to go longer without Masset.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Mar 28, 2008 -> 08:17 PM) Hope not, he isnt that good. Maybe Coop fixed him .

QUOTE(flavum @ Mar 28, 2008 -> 08:22 PM) No love for Hermanson and Politte? There were plenty of career years. I did think of Hermanson just didnt add him in there cause so far thats pretty much Cotts only good year. Hermanson had been a decent pitcher before that and so had Politte.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Mar 28, 2008 -> 08:17 PM) Hope not, he isnt that good. Can never tell with relievers. Sometimes you catch lightning in a bottle like with Cotts in 05.

QUOTE(flavum @ Mar 28, 2008 -> 08:13 PM) I just looked through the box scores. Since the off day on March 13, Swisher is 4-40 (.100), with 8 walks. Sox win, but I think Carrasco hurt his knee on the final play of the game. Was a lineout comebacker to Carrasco. Hope he's OK. Spring ERA down to 2.19

Carrasco give up a walk then a lineout DP , gets save, Sox win 5-4. Anyone seriously think Carrasco is in the mix for a BP slot ?

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Mar 28, 2008 -> 08:07 PM) His OPS hasnt been awful. He should rebound, although im not sure the lead off spot is where he should be. I dont think he's comfortable with it. His BA is down to .230 . Sox go 1-2-3 in the 9th. Carrasco n to pitch the 9th.

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Mar 28, 2008 -> 07:57 PM) he's a ticking time bomb Which one McD or Dotel ? ( I know u mean McD but just saying)

Logan with a 1-2-3 8th . Hmm pitched 2 innings . A sign that Masset is a goner ?

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Mar 28, 2008 -> 07:49 PM) wow....what to do with macdougal. It was his 1st bad outing in a while he had gotten his spring ERA under 5.00 which ,considering the bad start isnt too bad. Dotel's been sucking much worse lately. Sox go uneventfully in 8th against Robinson Tejeda. Hall and Anderson K while Ozuna PH'ing for Royce Huffman grounds out.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Mar 28, 2008 -> 07:27 PM) Ramirez is just plain good. Isnt he leading the team in RBI's? The kid needs to play at least 120 games this year, hopefully more. Thome is leading ST in RBI.

Nelson Cruz pops out nice job by Logan.

Logan K's Hamilton , gets Blalock to ground out scoring a run, 5-4 Sox 2 outs 7th inning.

QUOTE(CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Mar 28, 2008 -> 07:37 PM) McD Falling behind every hitter giving up 3 straight hits and a run. Still no outs. McD out Logan in.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Mar 28, 2008 -> 07:36 PM) Now the magic poop wand touches MacDougal, and he gives up a run. McD Falling behind every hitter giving up 3 straight hits and a run. Still no outs.

QUOTE(Reddy @ Mar 28, 2008 -> 08:37 AM) yeah he's really done well so far this spring, being healed and all... I know that was sarcasm even if its not in green but his last 5-6 outings he's been stellar .

QUOTE(elrockinMT @ Mar 28, 2008 -> 07:38 AM) It won't have any affect on the roster I think the gods of fate are trying to help the Sox with their decisions. It took Frowens getting hurt 3 different times before the Sox finally DL'ed him leading to both BA and Quentin on the team. Richar had visa , back and now rib problems which opened the door for Ramirez to make the team. Massett gets raked yesterday against the D'backs possibly handing Wasserman the last bullpen spot. Now a rusty Crede fouls a ball off his foot. Though probably nothing serious maybe fate was just feeling sorry for Joe figuring he'd been through enough lately while gently nudging the Sox towards Fields. Haven't seen it mentioned much at all in every thread I've read but it isn't unheard of for an established pro to be sent down on a rehab assignment due to rustiness coming back from an injury. Crede hasnt exactly hit or fielded well this spring. If the situation is win now like William's keep stating how do you keep a hurting ineffective Crede on the roster over Fields ? Seems to me like Kenny is preferring to get Joe's value up, which is an iffy proposition at best , more than winning.

I was just watching Sportrise on Comcast and Cooper expressed he would prefer the results guy which means Wasserman . I voted Wasserman.

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Mar 27, 2008 -> 05:48 PM) I might be the only one else on this board that agrees with you. Though I don't minimize Crede, there's next to zero chance he will be with the Sox for the full year. Even if we are contending and he's having a decent year there's no reason to keep him when he's going to be a free agent with Fields waiting in the wings. I often wonder weather Fields will ever be better than average at 3rd base and have also speculated that 1b may be in his future. But for probably half of this season if not more Fields will be the 3rd baseman and Crede will be gone.

Though I often look at individual players through rose colored glasses I cannot do the same for the team as a whole. 81 wins seems just about right for a team with our rotation. If young players like Danks , Floyd, Ramirez, Quentin ,Richar, Fields, Owens and Anderson all prove they can play I see the potential for a much better season. Even better if Uribe, Contreras and Crede come through. Thats 11 players I just named who are total question marks. Then add most of the bullpen since bullpens are always unknowns and we have 60% of the 25 man roster that can possibly implode or explode. More than likely when it comes to young players all we can hope for is roughly a third of them becoming solid Major leaguers this year. In order to win the division I'd say the most important factors are Contreras, Danks and Floyd. If those 3 come through thing change quickly. When you have roughly 14 or 15 players on the roster who can possibly suck its hard to be optimistic. Add in the slowness ,aging and injury factors to players we can actually count on for solid seasons like Thome, Dye and Konerko and I'm actually convincing myself that 81 wins is optimistic.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Mar 25, 2008 -> 06:33 PM) I mean I worry as well, what if Uribe puts up .270 with 30HR's this season? Do the Sox re-sign him to a big contract? Because I think he would pack it in ALA Beltre, because he hasn't performed any other season when his contract hasn't been on the line. I will take those kind of worries any day of the week.

QUOTE(Reddy @ Mar 25, 2008 -> 04:05 PM) i actually let out a cheer when i read this... is that bad? i hope to god this gives BA a chance. I've always supported Owens and thought he's capable of hitting .300 with 10-15 triples and 30+ doubles. I will say that it's been a bit frustrating hearing Ozzie say he'd even be in the lineup against lefties especially when his D is mediocre and arm is pitiful. Who would've thought BA would produce such a monster spring ? If BA can hit the way he has this spring along with his D that's an all-star caliber presence. Also Quentin seems likely to stay now and lately he's been getting in a groove batting which would be perfect for resting Thome.