3E8 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 QUOTE (Lamar Johnson 23 @ Dec 21, 2012 -> 04:08 PM) I believe ownership owes it to it's fan base to put the best team on the field that it possibly can. Period. Not the best team it is willing to afford. The Sox have put themselves in position to put the best team on the field they can by letting AJ go. Flowers and an extra $7.5M to spend is better than AJ returning and Flowers warming the bench. So although the offseason has not been active for us, let's wait to see what Hahn does with the roster come spring. He may use the saved money to take on a contract in a trade which upgrades a position other than catcher. That way we will potentially put the best team on the field we can for now, while also integrating a young pre-arb player into the lineup to help us put a better team on the field for the future too like the rest of us are concerned about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Dec 21, 2012 -> 04:19 PM) Nailed it. Going into the season with a 25% chance of making the playoffs (which is probably about what I'd put the Sox at right now; Detroit at 50%, KC at 15%, Cleveland and Minnesota both at 5% or so) leaves open the opportunity that you have a "fluky" season and sneak into the playoffs, which increases revenue like crazy. On top of that, you have increased attendance due to being relevant in the division race for so long. There are a few areas where this team could improve, but even today, this team would have an outside shot at winning the division. A fluky season isn't even required anymore. There are two wild card spots now, if you can get into the playoffs via wildcard, anything can happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Real Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 thank god definitely time to go in a new direction, especially when our staff has been known to dislike pitching to him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsox Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 QUOTE (Real @ Dec 21, 2012 -> 08:12 PM) thank god definitely time to go in a new direction, especially when our staff has been known to dislike pitching to him I wonder if public testamonials from pitchers will surface now that AJ is gawn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beast Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Okay, so AJ is gone. Now the pressure is on Flowers to be consistent and actually throw runners out at second. Hopefully Hector Gimenez isn't the backup catcher. Also, just because the Sox let AJ go doesn't mean they have $7.5 million to spend on someone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 QUOTE (MuckFinnesota @ Dec 22, 2012 -> 10:34 AM) Also, just because the Sox let AJ go doesn't mean they have $7.5 million to spend on someone else. "Jake Peavy". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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