Ortiz/Matsui, Matsui has an edge, this season, so far….

And I think I’ve been here long enough to not qualify as a Troll, plus I live in a house, not under a bridge so that has to help me

If I was speaking on an all-around level, offense and defense included I would have said;

Bay/Damon = push, although both have a short porch to aim for.
Ellsbury/Cabrera = Ellsbury and to me it’s not even close
Drew/Swisher = push, both great at getting on base, but both streaky as hell, and defensively neither will make you forget Dwight Evans any time soon
Lowell/ARod = ARod, but not by as much this season
Gonzalez/Jeter = Jeter by a mile
Pedroia/Cano = edge to Cano
Youkilis/Teixeira = slight edge to Teixeira

slight edge to tex over yook?

you equate or ignore posada’s bat vs tek?

you completely ignored Godzilla vs Big Slopi?

i’m gonna feel like such an idiot when you reveal this was a joke, but its like an eye high first pitch fastball to bad robbie–i cant stop myself.

…and ruthless efficiency.

the THREE main weapons of the Span…

Bay/Damon = push
Ellsbury/Cabrera = edge to Cabrera because of his arm.
Drew/Swisher = slight edge to Drew, but both make me laugh at times.
Lowell/Arod = push, traditionally I would have taken Mike Lowell over Arod, but they both have the hip thing going on.
Gonzalez/Jeter = Jeter, this year
Pedrioa/Cano = slight edge to Pedroia (who can catch pop-ups)
Teixeira/Youkilis = slight edge to Teixeira
Varitek/Martinez/Posada = Varitek calls a great game, can’t throw, Martinez doesn’t have any marketable defensive skills I can think of, Posada has never impressed me defensively, but does seem to have a bit better arm than the Sox Cachers = push, I don’t think it’s a strength for either team.

I don’t care if his ERA is 7, if he’s efficient enough to last 6 innings before reaching his pitch limit, he’s a great 5th starter.

The idea is, can you get enough innings from a 5th starter so as to save the bullpen.

No doubt in my mind Penny is an upgrade over Mitre and Gaudin in this regard.