Comments on: Fan Confidence Poll: July 20th, 2009

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By: deadrody

deadrody — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:26:03 +0000

So are any of the idiots voting 1 or 2 willing to identify themselves, or are they just the dumbest, most pathetic Sox fans on the planet ?

By: Little Bill

Little Bill — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:35:06 +0000

10 as usual. Haven’t changed once the whole year. This is one hell of a team.

By: TLVP

TLVP — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:37:58 +0000

sure – to compete but to win? Think of it this way – how much woudl the Rays starting rotation cost to sign for 2010 if they were free agents? USD 80m for 2010 alone? How much are they actually paying?

I’m not saying that they are going to win all the time but if we we assume taht in a 5 year span the AL East gets the wild card 3 out of 5 times that would mean that 8 slots left for us, the Sox and the Rays in 5 years. One – maybe two – of the teams would miss out a majority of the times.

And that’s even assuming that neither Toronto nor Baltimore get their acts together. 3 post seasons out of 5 is realistic – 4 would be great.

By: TLVP

TLVP — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:29:49 +0000

they milked the draft for so many years – they don’t need a great hit ratio to have an outstanding and cheap starting rotation for the next 3-4 years

even if they are not strong enough finish better than 3rd in the division their mere existance as the best 3rd team in any division will drain wins from us and teh Sox and we could easily see the wild card go to a non AL East team once or twice in the next 5 years

By: Zach

Zach — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:52:45 +0000

other stars under(or close) to 30*

By: Zach

Zach — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:50:52 +0000

I sort of agree with you. The CC, Johan, Beckett, Tex, Braun, Longoria and other starts under 30 will still get their money. But $48m for Carlos Silva? Wont see those ugly deals anymore

By: Zach

Zach — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:44:44 +0000

And if they can cut Ordonez and get away with it they have about 30m off the books this offseason. Either way, next offseason the dead weight of Bonderman, Willis, Robertson are gone and thats 35m.

So they really have no incentive to sell off Cabrera

By: Tank Foster

Tank Foster — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:43:17 +0000

This is definitely the way of the world now. Maybe for the foreseeable future. But what if conditions changed, and the Yankees, Red Sox, Phillies, Mets, Cubs, and Dodgers were no longer willing to give huge, long term contracts? I could see it happening if there were a financial meltdown in baseball. It’s not inconceivable.

By: Zach

Zach — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:36:34 +0000

Pena at 31 this year and last year of his contract next year is hardly a staple. Their window closes when they stop producing talent. Percival and Bradford are gone so thats 8m freed up and if they let some other lesser guys go they can have probably another 4m to spend. but Upton, Howell, Garza are all due large raises in their first year of arbitration. Navarro and Bartlett are in their 2nd year of arb, not every prospect becomes a hit and not all player take hometown discounts.