Following Former Red Sox: 2013

[MakMan44]

No, what he's saying is he wasn't tough enough to handle the pressure of playing in Boston (where we sell out every game, as opposed to LA, where folks show up late and leave early), and it was depressing for him being hurt.

Yes but it comes of in a way that sounds like he's blaming Boston

 

[Al Zarilla]

Gonzo lost some weight? And Tommy is giving him batting tips? 
 

 

[Pearl Wilson]

* After 20 years away from the game, former Sox outfielder Tom Brunansky, best remembered for his game-saving catch in the right-field corner that put the Sox in the playoffs in 1990, is back in baseball as the Twins’ new hitting coach. The guy who hit the ball that Brunansky caught with a sliding catch? Ozzie Guillen.

 
Link

 

[DanoooME]

Lars DFA'ed again, this time by the White Sox, when those Sox acquired Connor Gillaspie from the GIants.

 

[SoxScout]

July 31: traded to cle
Dec 11: traded to az
Jan 24: dfa
Feb 1: claimed by cws
Feb 22: dfa

 

[MakMan44]

Paps thinks the Phillies have no veteran leadership. http://www.bloguin.com/theoutsidecorner/2013-articles/february/jonathan-papelbon-thinks-the-phillies-have-no-leadership.html
 

"Since I've been here I haven't seen any leadership. Every good team that I've been a part of has had a good core group of veterans and an influx of a good group of young guys and I think that's a recipe for success," he said. "But at the same time, that doesn't mean we're going to have success. In my opinion, this team has way more to lose than to prove. I think a lot of guys on this team have proved a lot. But I think this year if we don't go out and do what we're capable [of] and supposed to do, then we have a lot more to lose.

 
It's surprising to hear this, you'd figure with guys on their team like Halladay and Lee, someone would step up. 

 

[wibi]

July 31: traded to cle
Dec 11: traded to az
Jan 24: dfa
Feb 1: claimed by cws
Feb 22: dfa

 
How the mighty have fallen

 

[HriniakPosterChild]

How the mighty have fallen

 
And on that note...: Valentine Will Add Athletic Director to His Résumé
 

 In October, standing next to the Yankee Stadium infield before one of his last games as manager of the Boston Red Sox, Bobby Valentine was asked what he would do next if he were fired when the season ended.
 
“I don’t know,” said Valentine, who was let go three days later. “But it will be something interesting. Those are the only kinds of jobs I take.”
 
Valentine, the part-time restaurateur and broadcaster, former public safety official, longtime major league manager in two countries and self-proclaimed inventor of the wrap sandwich, has kept his word with another unorthodox career choice. Even by Valentine’s standards, it was a thunderbolt of the unexpected.
 
Beginning in July, Valentine will be the athletic director for Sacred Heart University, a Division I program in Fairfield, Conn., with 31 sports. Valentine, 62, grew up in Stamford, about 20 miles away. It will be Valentine’s first collegiate administrative job.

 

[HriniakPosterChild]

(I did not realize that Bobby Valentine invented the burrito. I guess it was fit to print.)

 

[mabrowndog]

There's a thread on Bobby V/Sacred Heart in the College Sports forum.

 

[MakMan44]

July 31: traded to cle
Dec 11: traded to az
Jan 24: dfa
Feb 1: claimed by cws
Feb 22: dfa

and claimed by the Jays
 
https://twitter.com/scottmerkin/status/306113563850850305

 

[InsideTheParker]

I know it's only spring training, yadayadayada, but Papelbon has given up 6 runs so far to the Tiggers, finally got two strikeouts.

 

[cwright]

Damon offers to fill in for Curtis Granderson:
 

"You guys know that I would have tons of interest to go to New York," Damon told Kay and co-host Don LaGreca. "But I just don't think they would be interested. I'm not exactly sure what happened over the years or something. They have had plenty of opportunities and I kept raising my hand, wanting to go back and, you know, hopefully it would be a perfect fit. It always had been. Have me for six weeks and then send me off on my merry way. That's fine."

 

[MakMan44]

Manny will not quit
 
 

Manny Ramirez has a verbal agreement to sign with the EDA Rhinos of the China Professional League, Enrique Rojas of ESPNDeportes.com reports. However, the agreement won't be completed until March 7th. Ramirez has until that date to reach a deal with an MLB team, but he expressed optimism about playing in Taiwan.

 
http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/news/story?id=1734813&s=beisbol/mlbprimavera2013 (In Spanish)
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/02/manny-ramirez-to-sign-with-taiwanese-team.html

 

[Smiling Joe Hesketh]

and claimed by the Jays
 
https://twitter.com/scottmerkin/status/306113563850850305

 
 
Hope he likes the Buffalo skyline.

 

[Curll]

Tito names Masterson opening day starter:
 
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/8992075/justin-masterson-named-cleveland-indians-opening-day-starter

 

[terrynever]

Carl Crawford may not be ready for opening day due to forearm tightness:
 
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/01/carl-crawford-shut-down-with-forearm-tightness-status-for-opening-day-in-question/

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

Four hits, 2 runs in 2 innings for Matsuzaka with the Tribe

 

[MakMan44]

Carl Crawford may not be ready for opening day due to forearm tightness:
 
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/01/carl-crawford-shut-down-with-forearm-tightness-status-for-opening-day-in-question/

And the Punto deal keeps looking better & better

 

[MakMan44]

I didn't want to start an entire thread on this but I thought this article on Masterson and the effect that his catcher's ability to frame has had on him was really interesting 
 
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/how-much-better-could-justin-masterson-be/

 

[MakMan44]

I was under the impression Crawford was supposed to miss a few months and that's why the Sox were giving the Dodgers cash?

I didn't know this and from the fact that he may miss opening day is news, I tend to think this is wrong. I may be wrong however, I'd have to check into this

 

[Reggie's Racquet]

(I did not realize that Bobby Valentine invented the burrito. I guess it was fit to print.)

It would be more believable if he said he invented the hotdog.

 

[Reggie's Racquet]

Four hits, 2 runs in 2 innings for Matsuzaka with the Tribe

and probably 87 pitches ...10 of them for strikes.

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

Ex-Sox player had a good offseason in the ring
 

 

[MakMan44]

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130305&content_id=42308656&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb
 
Cody Ross out 2-3 weeks with leg strain

 

[MakMan44]

https://twitter.com/Evan_P_Grant/status/309397342770049024
 

Rangers on verge of signing RHP Derek Lowe to minor league deal, but he will make club, probably in swing role.

 

[Jaylach]

Not sure if this should go here or into one of the older Bobby V threads so please move it if it doesn't belong here
 
Anyways, I know how I'm voting...
 
http://youtu.be/mmUJxNqQdZ4

 

[soxhop411]

Indians continue to stock former Sox as Dice-K gets a MiL deal from them
https://mobile.twitter.com/JonHeymanCBS/status/300652313570340864

 
And has left the game with an injury
 
Jordan Bastian ‏@MLBastian
Indians right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka has exited today's game with an apparent injury after 1 IP. No update yet. Stay tuned.

 

[Greg Blosser]

 
Manny goes to Taiwan.
 

 

[Frank Fenway]

And has left the game with an injury
 
Jordan Bastian ‏@MLBastian
Indians right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka has exited today's game with an apparent injury after 1 IP. No update yet. Stay tuned.

 
Poor guy. Hope he likes Indy. 

 

[SoxScout]

Yikes:
 

jonmorosi: Bud Black on Casey Kelly's elbow: "The doctors are concerned."

pgammo: It isn't fair if Casey Kelly really needs TJ surgery

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Yikes:

 
K rate skyrocketed to start 2012 then shut down with elbow issues in mid-April. Came back for 30ip in San Diego, shut down again at the end of the season when he was supposed to pitch in the AFL. Looks like he'd have been better off getting TJS back then.

 

[alwyn96]

How the mighty have fallen

 
Ah, those heady days when Anderson was thought to be better than Andrew McCutchen and nearly the equal of Giancarlo Stanton and Buster Posey...those were the days.

 

[MakMan44]

I wonder if he's going to get the chance to start this season. David Cooper just got released, Lars is hitting pretty well so far this spring and his biggest competition is Adam Lind
Edit:Although Lind is hitting a lot better so maybe not

 

[santadevil]

Dice-K will not make the Indians Opening Day Roster.
 
Still deciding on whether to head to minor league camp or not.

 

[mabrowndog]

Dice-K will not make the Indians Opening Day Roster.
 
Still deciding on whether to head to minor league camp or not.

 
He will indeed report to AAA Columbus per Nick Camino.

 

[YTF]

And has left the game with an injury
 
Jordan Bastian ‏@MLBastian
Indians right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka has exited today's game with an apparent injury after 1 IP. No update yet. Stay tuned.

 
Isn't he supposed to pitch well for Japan in the WBC and then get hurt? When did the protocol change here?

 

[sox sufferer]

He will indeed report to AAA Columbus per Nick Camino.

Is the lure of more American money so important to DiceK. Why wouldn't the guy go back home to Japan and pitch there. Or maybe because of his overall performance here that he is disgraced over there and no one wants him. I remember before a game when DiceK was pitching pretty well for the Sox and he drove up in a $200,000 + Bentley. He got out of the car, let the attendant park it, then looked at us with such superiority. What an entitled jerk! He still needs an interpreter after all these years too.

 

[YTF]

Let it go, we won the war.

 

[Frank Fenway]

Is the lure of more American money so important to DiceK. Why wouldn't the guy go back home to Japan and pitch there. Or maybe because of his overall performance here that he is disgraced over there and no one wants him. I remember before a game when DiceK was pitching pretty well for the Sox and he drove up in a $200,000 + Bentley. He got out of the car, let the attendant park it, then looked at us with such superiority. What an entitled jerk! He still needs an interpreter after all these years too.

 
I didn't know stand up comedians posted on here. 

 

[HriniakPosterChild]

x 

 

[Smiling Joe Hesketh]

Is the lure of more American money so important to DiceK. Why wouldn't the guy go back home to Japan and pitch there. Or maybe because of his overall performance here that he is disgraced over there and no one wants him. I remember before a game when DiceK was pitching pretty well for the Sox and he drove up in a $200,000 + Bentley. He got out of the car, let the attendant park it, then looked at us with such superiority. What an entitled jerk! He still needs an interpreter after all these years too.

 
 
The wages of stupidity are message board death. So long.

 

[santadevil]

Casey Kelly (does he count as a former Red Sox?) to have Tommy John surgery, per ESPN.
 
Where is the annual Tommy John thread anyway?

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

Anyone who was Sox property counts.  Hell, Pedro Alvarez counts.
 
TJ thread got started last night on the main board after you posted this.

 

[mabrowndog]

Dice-K will not make the Indians Opening Day Roster.
 
Still deciding on whether to head to minor league camp or not.

 

He will indeed report to AAA Columbus per Nick Camino.

 
Looks like he won't make it to Columbus after all...
 
 

@didtribewin
Indians announce they've released Daisuke Matsuzaka. No further comment expected from team tonight.

 

 

[mabrowndog]

Or, perhaps he will...
 
 

paul hoynes @hoynsie
#Indians release Dice-K from current contract. It's believed they're renegotiating a new one with him to keep him in organization.

 

 

[E5 Yaz]

The Cleveland Plain-Dealer has a link to the GPS tracker on Dice's Rent-A-Wreck

 

[InsideTheParker]

On the bright side, Carl Crawford had two hits on Sunday, including a solo home run, in his second start in left field after missing most of 2012 following surgery on his (left) throwing elbow. He also made a handful of solid throws from the outfield.

On a less promising note, starter Josh Beckett gave up seven runs on six hits in four innings of Los Angeles’ 7-4 loss to the Oakland Athletics at Phoenix Municipal Stadium.

-----http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/2013/03/24/crawford-hits-for-dodgers-loss/7HuwoGtwwgE5pBdWG79UaM/story.html
 
So much for Crawford starting the season on the DL.

 

[Al Zarilla]

Jed Lowrie leads the A's in spring training RBI with 13 and has an OPS of 1.039. Looks like their starting SS if he can stay healthy. 

 

[Smiling Joe Hesketh]

Jed Lowrie leads the A's in spring training RBI with 13 and has an OPS of 1.039. Looks like their starting SS if he can stay healthy. 

 
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA