Saturday, December 06, 2003
A-ROD HAS TO COME TO BOSTON
And when he does every member of Red Sox Nation needs to send a holiday card to 4 Yawkey Way. There is no reason for the story to be leaked about Henry and A-Rod meeting, unless the deal was going to occur shortly. Since the Cuban Pitch Crisis, the Sox have learned how to use the media. My guess is that the Sox put the story out to prepare the more casual fans for Nomah's departure. The deals will get done. Everything is falling into place.
Hicks has stated that pitching or cash is necessary for A-Rod. Currently, the Sox have offered neither. In the Globe, Sox staff are quoted basically stating that they will not pay Manny to play for someone else. The Sox need to send pitchers with Manny for A-Rod. Attaining pitching for Nomar to send to Texas appears to be the answer.
Baltimore, Seattle, the Mets, L.A. and Anaheim are all in the bidding for Tejada and Little Matsui. It appears that Matsui will sign with the Mets and Tejada has a nice offer from the M's. It is the PERFECT scenario. Since it is likely that Nomar would sign a long-term deal to play in So. Cal, it raises his value for the Dodgers and Anaheim relative to the others. Thus, Theo should be able to play the two L.A. area teams off one another and acquire a very good package in return for the All-Star SS.
It may be starting, the L.A. times is reporting that Odalis Perez is the centerpiece of a Nomar deal with the Dodgers. If Perez moved on to Texas, the Sox would save $6.5 million luxury tax dollars or about Foulke's estimated figure. Anaheim is a better partner with Washburn going to Texas and Eckstein or Kennedy staying in Boston to fill the second base vacancy.
BTW, my gut says that the deals will be announced on Friday in celebration of my b-day.
And when he does every member of Red Sox Nation needs to send a holiday card to 4 Yawkey Way. There is no reason for the story to be leaked about Henry and A-Rod meeting, unless the deal was going to occur shortly. Since the Cuban Pitch Crisis, the Sox have learned how to use the media. My guess is that the Sox put the story out to prepare the more casual fans for Nomah's departure. The deals will get done. Everything is falling into place.
Hicks has stated that pitching or cash is necessary for A-Rod. Currently, the Sox have offered neither. In the Globe, Sox staff are quoted basically stating that they will not pay Manny to play for someone else. The Sox need to send pitchers with Manny for A-Rod. Attaining pitching for Nomar to send to Texas appears to be the answer.
Baltimore, Seattle, the Mets, L.A. and Anaheim are all in the bidding for Tejada and Little Matsui. It appears that Matsui will sign with the Mets and Tejada has a nice offer from the M's. It is the PERFECT scenario. Since it is likely that Nomar would sign a long-term deal to play in So. Cal, it raises his value for the Dodgers and Anaheim relative to the others. Thus, Theo should be able to play the two L.A. area teams off one another and acquire a very good package in return for the All-Star SS.
It may be starting, the L.A. times is reporting that Odalis Perez is the centerpiece of a Nomar deal with the Dodgers. If Perez moved on to Texas, the Sox would save $6.5 million luxury tax dollars or about Foulke's estimated figure. Anaheim is a better partner with Washburn going to Texas and Eckstein or Kennedy staying in Boston to fill the second base vacancy.
BTW, my gut says that the deals will be announced on Friday in celebration of my b-day.
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