Sunday, January 11, 2004
The only Sox news floating around is from Gamo.
Boston may not have to move Scott Williamson, who looms as an invaluable setup man for Keith Foulke. The Red Sox are over $120 million presently and will have to pay some luxury tax, but the penalty is far smaller the first time, and with a half dozen major players potentially gone for 2005, the tax will be a one-shot deal.
Has Gammons been reading El Guapo's Ghost? Hmm...
"Major moves would need to be made to acquire Foulke and not pay the luxury tax."
"Williamson is the insurance policy on Timlin and Embree."
Gammons goes on to say...
Kevin Millar is still pushing for Theo Epstein to sign Ryan Dempster, while the club is also talking to left-hand reliever Nick Bierbrodt and Jeremy Giambi, the latter on a minor-league deal as insurance should David Ortiz get hurt.
Dempster, Bierdrodt and Giambi are all interesting players but none should get a major league deal. There is little room for these risks on the 25. Long-time El Guapo's Ghost readers know that Little G is one of my favs and still kind of is, but Dauber is plan B at DH. (I like Dauber too due to the variety of nicknames I have for him but I am not confident that Porn Star makes the club. The Sox need a LHP masher off the bench; Douchebag is anything but.) Dempster has shown signs of effectiveness in the past. He is still young at 26. Sometime in AAA might allow him to regain his confidence and consistency. Finding the strike zone has recently been difficult for Dempster. Beirdrodt is a lefty starter/reliever who had some injury issues in 2002. He is still young but has not been productive at the MLB level.
Boston may not have to move Scott Williamson, who looms as an invaluable setup man for Keith Foulke. The Red Sox are over $120 million presently and will have to pay some luxury tax, but the penalty is far smaller the first time, and with a half dozen major players potentially gone for 2005, the tax will be a one-shot deal.
Has Gammons been reading El Guapo's Ghost? Hmm...
"Major moves would need to be made to acquire Foulke and not pay the luxury tax."
"Williamson is the insurance policy on Timlin and Embree."
Gammons goes on to say...
Kevin Millar is still pushing for Theo Epstein to sign Ryan Dempster, while the club is also talking to left-hand reliever Nick Bierbrodt and Jeremy Giambi, the latter on a minor-league deal as insurance should David Ortiz get hurt.
Dempster, Bierdrodt and Giambi are all interesting players but none should get a major league deal. There is little room for these risks on the 25. Long-time El Guapo's Ghost readers know that Little G is one of my favs and still kind of is, but Dauber is plan B at DH. (I like Dauber too due to the variety of nicknames I have for him but I am not confident that Porn Star makes the club. The Sox need a LHP masher off the bench; Douchebag is anything but.) Dempster has shown signs of effectiveness in the past. He is still young at 26. Sometime in AAA might allow him to regain his confidence and consistency. Finding the strike zone has recently been difficult for Dempster. Beirdrodt is a lefty starter/reliever who had some injury issues in 2002. He is still young but has not been productive at the MLB level.
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