Jon Lester has a thread. James Shields has a thread. Cole Hamels has a thread. Even Brandon McCarthy has a thread. Why none for Scherzer?
With the report today from Michael Silverman that the Red Sox will pursue him more aggressively should they miss out on Lester, I figured the time was here for just such an action. I'm sure this has been reported elsewhere, but I can't read any of the pitching megathreads anymore.
You likely know the resume - one of the best pitchers in the AL over the last two years, Cy winner, younger than Lester. You also probably know that none of the reported offers that anyone has made to Lester will get him signed. Plus his agent, Scott Boras, will probably string this out until mid-January at the earliest.
So, two questions:
1) Is the Red Sox' reported interest real, do we think, or just a smokescreen and maybe a favor to Boras (which is a phrase I did not expect to type)
2) In a world where Lester is already in Chicago/Los Angeles/San Francisco/Mystery City, do people think this is a good idea?
I think I know what SoSH's collective answer to #2, but maybe I am wrong.
With the report today from Michael Silverman that the Red Sox will pursue him more aggressively should they miss out on Lester, I figured the time was here for just such an action. I'm sure this has been reported elsewhere, but I can't read any of the pitching megathreads anymore.
You likely know the resume - one of the best pitchers in the AL over the last two years, Cy winner, younger than Lester. You also probably know that none of the reported offers that anyone has made to Lester will get him signed. Plus his agent, Scott Boras, will probably string this out until mid-January at the earliest.
So, two questions:
1) Is the Red Sox' reported interest real, do we think, or just a smokescreen and maybe a favor to Boras (which is a phrase I did not expect to type)
2) In a world where Lester is already in Chicago/Los Angeles/San Francisco/Mystery City, do people think this is a good idea?
I think I know what SoSH's collective answer to #2, but maybe I am wrong.