Mike Lowell Trade To Texas Rangers Off

not Lowrie. Though I agree he’s not a third baseman. He may end up playing a couple there as a utility guy.

2. Yes, he’s got some good pop, but pop is overvalued and overpaid.
3. Of the world series 2 years back. Should we be looking to bring David Eckstein on?
4. I love Mike. He’s a consummate team player who’s been put through a ton of **** the last couple seasons and doesn’t deserve it based on effort alone. But he’s not a good enough player to start for this team anymore, if you ask me, and the team is greater than any of its individual parts. Am I happy to see guys go? No. But I’m also not gonna stop supporting the Sox because they make good baseball decisions. In fact, I’m going to support them more. Because as much as it’s about the guys who take you there, it’s even more about the team from Fenway adding to these:

Adrian Gonzalez would be a fantastic acquisition. He might cost too much, and if he does than we should pass. But if he doesn’t we should jump on it. As for Beltre, his surgery hasn’t hurt his defense, and even if he had a bad offensive year, he’s hurt significantly by Safeco Field, and he’s 4-5 years younger than Lowell, and thus much more likely to recover from an injury.

Nobody complained about Ortiz playing first because A) it was a 1.000+ OPS vs. Youkilis with a high 700’s OPS. Beltre vs. Lowell is more like 780 vs. 880 at worst. Plus, that was back when defense was undervalued. It’s by exploiting the underexploited markets that the Sox’ front office does its best work.

1). Who gives a damn? I’d rather have a rookie who can hit or field, rather than someone who does neither.

2). No, he doesn’t. Thumb and wrist injuries sap power, and he had very little to begin with.

3). MVP? Seriously? He had 4 WS games where he was outplayed by Jacoby Ellsbury.

4). “True” Sox fans? Cut the BS. This garbage turns us into Yankees fans.

Much like A-Rod isn’t a 5 tool player anymore with the same type of hip injury as Lowell, his fielding range is diminished…

No one denies that Mikey Lowell was a good player or deserves accolades. The problem is that this isn’t the Mikey Lowell of 2007. His hip has effected his defense and this ligament injury could effect his batting. I feel bad that this trade didn’t go through, because it means his playing days are numbered…

plus all of the other injuries he’ll get this year won’t help matters.

Why should we change now?

That’s just flat out wrong.

i would agree with at best slightly above average

It’s 6.25/year @ 2 years.

As for being at our upper limits, yeah, we’re right around there. But it’s not inconceivable that Theo could shed some payroll in Kotchman and Hermida—there are certainly teams that wouldn’t balk at taking on their $3 million. I expect we could make a move on Beltre without too much trouble. Especially if we still think we can move $3 million of Lowell’s contract in ST.

Scutaro was ranked 5th in the Majors at SS according to fangraphs. Highly likely to NOT be that high in 10 but “at best” he’s a pretty good player.

He is the solution to everything… (Cane Toads beware)

They call them “chazzwozzers.”

And do not mock the Boot. Mocking the Boot is a Boot-able offense.

As for Hermida, just move Nava to the majors. Can’t hurt to give him a shot.

I’m not sure whether Speier means the luxury tax figure is calculated by average annual value, or his chart is calculated by average annual value. In the former, than yes, we are over. If the latter, we may not be…

…we’ve already maxed out our “bracket” in the luxury tax. We pay 40% now, like the Yankees – having gone over more than twice already (which is not to suggest that there’s an parity to the overspending; we’ve paid like 15MM in tax total, the Yanks have paid like 200MM*). The Angels and the Tigers have gone over once each, and would pay like 30% on the next infraction.

Agreed that fans don’t really care if it nets results, but the ability to field a successful club while spending reasonably is a sign of good management, and the tax is a good barometer.

• - however, I heard a rumor that teams who are servicing stadium debt are exempt from the tax. If so, the Yanks may not have been paying the tax last year or this year…

Make no mistake, Scoop, nobody here cares if the owner’s pocketbooks are a little emptier. But we’ve heard that they’re unlikely to go over it, so we hope they use that money well, and we work within the boundaries of what we expect is reasonable.

none who are as good and close to as cheap as lowell. And while he can’t field very well at the moment, he provides a lot more versatility than someone like Vlad

if they would be willing Ramirez+ some other good prospects instead of either Kelly or Westmoreland. Theo’s probably not going to do a deal involving both of those guys.

though I agree with the the rest

OK, Lowell is not a big time slugger now, if he ever was, but still put up some decent numbers last season. What is the alternative now? Kotchman? OK player, but not as good as Lowell. Beltre? Do we really want the Sox to commit to this bust for 3+ years? Not me. Better to go into the season and see how it plays out. Theo will have plenty of options mid-season.
Many are quick to point out the flaws with players but short on alternatives.

I also heard the rumblings of Lowell being a “clubhouse lawyer”, whatever that means. I heard it on WEEI radio, and more specifically from Rob Bradford, an admitted Red Sox mouthpiece. I’m sure this nugget was passed along by Lucchino or one of his minions.

With the media scrutiny in Boston, I’m sure we would have heard something before this. Kinda funny how we only hear these things when a player in on his way out of town. Not one teamate, including loudmouth Schilling, never shy to offer opionion, as ever had anything bad to say about Lowell.

I’m not saying Lowell is the answer for 2010 sucess, just that he can help and why dump him or dump on him without a better alternative.