Josh Bard is your new starting catcher. It looks more and more every day that VTek is going going gone. I can say this makes me very happy to say the least. Vtek was contributing next to nothing to the offense and was a defensive liability. Since Cash will catch Wakefield I see no reason for Vtek.

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Was Manny being traded. Jason Bay is a nice hitter and all and is for sure a more complete baseball player and in the long run will be of great value to the Red Sox but not having Manny in the lineup that was really struggling minus a miracle and some good fortune. I am not going to lie I am all for Manny being Manny and I blame Boris more for Manny being an arrogant, club house cancer. I think the Red Sox need to seriously acquire a big time bat this off season and I know this is taboo but I am sick of all this keep Varitek because he is so good for the staff b.s. Pitchers are paid to win games and sure Varitek has some influence on that but when a guy is hitting .220 his value as a catcher (with a poor arm) is minimal at best. I am not sure there are better options but if there is send VTek to the curb.

I know this doctor is trying to do his best to repair injured athletes and now has a branch of his business with proper pitching mechanics and training. Apparently the Red Sox are one of the teams involved with this new training and mechanics from his office. My question is do you think these new methods his office is preaching is correct. Based on the few athletes such as Chris Carpenter who have come through his office and had continued injury issues it doesn't appear that it is working or is correct. Does anybody here have a clue what his methods are? Read this article.

Apparently Let's Go Tribe editor/hall way monitor has a problem with MLBTR and feels the site is worthless and leads to ideal speculation that is unproductive and just creates a situation where fans become enraged when trades do not happen. Look here to see what all the fuss is about on LGT. Personally I take the site for what it is, which is a rumor site where some things have some truth but most of these rumors have do not bear much facts. I am curious what the opinions of MLBTR is on this site.

So often we sometime make fun of things and not realize how things have changed. Baseball is one of those sports were we are constantly learning and trying new theories. Wikipedia used to be considered taboo in the academic realm but now it apparently has gained a new found respect.

I don't know if there is an baseball equivalent for wikipedia but I would be interested in hearing what web sites reader here like to read or gather information from that is general not recognized or respected by the mainstream media or baseball fan.

A lot of baseball players are considered to be fit but would be considered overweight and I wonder how that affects athletic performance and in the long run affects the players health. In this story it appears that long term health is still affected even if one is physically active but still over weight. I know of a few studies that suggest that some athletic performance is affected by the health of the heart. The question then becomes at what point is performance negatively affected by being over weight. I don't believe that this has ever been studied or is considered when teams sign or resign players. It us something I think will become an important factor in the future as more teams look for more flaws to avoid paying to much for players.

According to AccuScore Ortiz doesn't have a very good chance of hitting 40 Hr's this season but he likely will be a fairly good hitter the rest of the way. Granted these are simulations and anything can and does happen it is just a percentage game. I personally think he will break out of it and finish with a .290 BA 35 Hr 115 Rbi's Only time will tell and maybe last nights bloop hit will get him going.