Denver Post reports Salty will sign with the Marlins. No contract details reported.
http://www.rotoworld.com/player/mlb/287/jarrod-saltalamacchia
http://www.rotoworld.com/player/mlb/287/jarrod-saltalamacchia
E5 Yaz said:
Care to explain this one?
Well, if the kids are ready we can just trade him next year.Papelbon's Poutine said:Well, if the kids aren't ready we can just trade for him next year.
E5 Yaz said:
Care to explain this one?
DrewDawg said:
I think he's saying that the Marlins are so bad, why the hell would Salty go there.
Mike Greenwall said:After all the hand-wringing by posters worried if the FO screwed up with Salty, he might be the one wondering "oh shit' when he puts on the Marlins jersey for the first time.
Sort of like:Mike Greenwall said:After all the hand-wringing by posters worried if the FO screwed up with Salty, he might be the one wondering "oh shit' when he puts on the Marlins jersey for the first time.
SMU_Sox said:I do not understand why the Sox didn't do this deal. I would have taken him back at 3/21 in a heartbeat. He will produce at a level worth 8-15+ million a year given his offense at the position. He's a 1-3 win player with the ability to be more than that if he continues to improve defensively and his bat, again, continues to improve as he enters his prime years.
If reports are true that he badly wanted to be back in Boston, it's possible this could have been a 3/18 type deal for the Sox.
John Marzano Olympic Hero said:
Yesterday on Felger and Mazz, their producer said that he had heard from reliable sources that Salty was pissed about the World Series benchings and did not want to come back to the Sox.
HriniakPosterChild said:
If Ben had known this, Salty would have gotten the QO. Why doesn't the team have friends in the NSA?
mt8thsw9th said:He means he wishes the Sox had a spying agency that was able to intercept his conversations with friends that said he has no desire to come back, thus they give him the QO which he would decline which would open them to compensation when he signed elsewhere. If he were to accept it, though, I still think they have a better catcher for the dollars spent than AJP, but that's another debate.
By Jarrod Saltalamacchia
I was going to say that I’ve made the decision to take my talents to South Beach but I heard that someone took that line already. Seriously, I wanted to take this opportunity to sincerely thank the city of Boston, its fans, the Red Sox and especially my teammates for providing me the best three-plus years of my baseball life.
When I was first traded to the Red Sox in the late summer of 2010, I was thrilled and humbled to be able to join such a storied franchise in such a great city. But honestly, I never in my wildest expectations thought it would be the tremendous experience it turned out to be. This Southern boy became absolutely amazed at the warmth and hospitality that a New England town’s fans provided me and my family.
It's pretty obvious that this past season was one that was special in too many ways to count. Walking to Fenway Park every day to go to battle with teammates I loved, in front of the world’s greatest fans was something that I’ll cherish long after my playing days are over.
But I am now starting another chapter in my baseball life in a place that is actually and in reality, home. I’m very grateful for the opportunity the Marlins have provided and extremely excited to bring with me the lessons learned from my Boston experience.
So I close with once again thanking all of you for the opportunity to be small part of Boston Red Sox history. It was an unbelievable experience.