CWSGuy406 Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 (edited) QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Feb 20, 2008 -> 06:42 AM) Beat me to it. I just found it. Then there was the follow up to in this thread: http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=57597 Now I'm not trying to "OWN3D!" you, I just thought it was interesting that your view on Roberts changed so much over the year. I'm sure many people share that same opinion of Roberts. I think the two topics -- trading Danks + (whatever) for Roberts and the Roberts contract -- independent of each other. I like Roberts and think he's a better ballplayer than Iguchi -- better baserunner, better defensively and better offensively. I wouldn't want the Sox, however, to trade Danks for him. That'd strike me as an extremely short-sighted move. It would strike me as basically giving up on Danks after one year. Furthermore, while I do recognize that Roberts is a decent player, I don't think he can be considered an *elite* second-baseman. And he's 30 -- second-baseman after that age tend to fall and fall hard (not necessarily at age 30 -- I'm pretty sure you know what I mean). And the reasoning behind getting Roberts is something that irks me -- that we need to acquire a "leadoff hitter". I still find that notion completely ridiculous. One thing I ended up being right about (broken clock?) was Iguchi: If Iguchi's agent asked for three years at $5 million per, I'm fairly certain that David Hahn or Kenny Williams would walk out of the room laughing. 3/$4 seems more reasonable, but even that might be a little high. The market for average-ish middle infielders just doesn't appear to be very good. Did anyone who plays SS/2B really cash in this winter, other than Castillo? Heck, did Iguchi even up with one year, $4 million? Or was it less than that? Edited February 21, 2008 by CWSGuy406 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Matsui did pretty well, but then again, Ed Wade is an idiot. 3 years, $15 mill for a below average player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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