Jonathan Papelbon voted 8th most likely rookie to contribute in 2006, Crisp voted 3rd most likely to have a breakout season, Lowell 8th most likely to have the biggest comeback.
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I've never understood why Murton was necessary in the Garciaparra deal. Beyond the talent discrepency in that deal, wasn't Theo quoted somewhere saying that we could have gotten Cabrera for Garciaparra straight up, but we included Murton in order to get Mientkiewicz included in the deal? If so, I don't see how Mientkiewicz was necessary to win the 2004 World Series. The only memorable thing I remember him doing in the 2004 season was stealing the game ball in Game 4 of the World Series. Am I forgetting some key defensive play along the way?
Hindsight is 20/20 of course, and I'm not trying to blast Theo for a minor mistake in a deal that ultimately brought us a World Series championship. But in retrospect, it's hard to say that the inclusion of Murton helped our franchise. Murton would be a nice player to have right now and half of a season of Mientkiewicz wasn't much of a return for him.
This post has been edited by satyadaimoku: 12 February 2006 - 09:35 PM

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