2012-2013 Off-season thread part II

[EEasyA]

# Pitchers B/T Ht Wt DOB
91 Alfredo Aceves R-R 6'3" 220 Dec 8, 1982
40 Andrew Bailey R-R 6'3" 240 May 31, 1984
51 Daniel Bard R-R 6'4" 215 Jun 25, 1985
54 Pedro Beato R-R 6'4" 220 Oct 27, 1986
32 Craig Breslow L-L 6'0" 190 Aug 8, 1980
87 Drake Britton L-L 6'2" 200 May 22, 1989
11 Clay Buchholz L-R 6'3" 190 Aug 14, 1984
52 Chris Carpenter R-R 6'4" 220 Dec 26, 1985
Rubby De La Rosa R-R 5'11" 205 Mar 4, 1989
61 Felix Doubront L-L 6'2" 165 Oct 23, 1987
41 John Lackey R-R 6'6" 245 Oct 23, 1978
31 Jon Lester L-L 6'4" 240 Jan 7, 1984
37 Mark Melancon R-R 6'2" 215 Mar 28, 1985
30 Andrew Miller L-L 6'7" 210 May 21, 1985
46 Franklin Morales L-L 6'0" 210 Jan 24, 1986
59 Clayton Mortensen R-R 6'4" 185 Apr 10, 1985
74 Stolmy Pimentel R-R 6'3" 165 Feb 1, 1990
Sandy Rosario R-R 6'1" 210 Aug 22, 1985
63 Junichi Tazawa R-R 5'11" 180 Jun 6, 1986
Allen Webster R-R 6'3" 185 Feb 10, 1990
Alex Wilson R-R 6'0" 215 Nov 3, 1986
Steven Wright R-R 6'1" 200 Aug 30, 1984
# Catchers B/T Ht Wt DOB
Dan Butler R-R 5'10" 190 Oct 17, 1986
60 Ryan Lavarnway R-R 6'4" 225 Aug 7, 1987
David Ross R-R 6'2" 205 Mar 19, 1977
39 Jarrod Saltalamacchia S-R 6'4" 235 May 2, 1985
Christian Vazquez R-R 5'9" 195 Aug 21, 1990
# Infielders B/T Ht Wt DOB
77 Pedro Ciriaco R-R 6'0" 170 Sep 27, 1985
50 Mauro Gomez R-R 6'2" 230 Sep 7, 1984
58 Jose Iglesias R-R 5'11" 185 Jan 5, 1990
64 Will Middlebrooks R-R 6'4" 225 Sep 9, 1988
15 Dustin Pedroia R-R 5'8" 165 Aug 17, 1983
# Outfielders B/T Ht Wt DOB
2 Jacoby Ellsbury L-L 6'1" 195 Sep 11, 1983
Jonny Gomes R-R 6'1" 225 Nov 22, 1980
Alex Hassan R-R 6'3" 195 Apr 1, 1988
55 Ryan Kalish L-L 6'0" 215 Mar 28, 1988
66 Daniel Nava S-L 5'10" 200 Feb 22, 1983
Jerry Sands R-R 6'4" 225 Sep 28, 1987
# Designated Hitter B/T Ht Wt DOB
34 David Ortiz L-L 6'4" 250 Nov 18, 1975

[EEasyA]

I counted 39 without Koji, Napoli and Victorino. Looks like you right CL. This is the Link.

http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/team/ro...n.jsp?c_id=bos

[-Lavigne43-]

Yeah, it's 39 since they added Rosario again.

[EEasyA]

A trade is Definitely coming.It wouldn't surprise me if we got Hamilton or Swisher and traded Ellsbury for a pitcher. The only reason Hamilton is not a Red sox, is due to the fact that he is still holding out hope for a six, seven year deal. I hope no one gives it to him even if it means he resigns with the Rangers.

[Celtic AL]

Yeah, it's 39 since they added Rosario again.

Most likely DFA'd Again lol

[EEasyA]

Most likely DFA'd Again lol

Lol.Even if we did that,adding Koji, Napoli and Victorino brings it to 41.

[Soxfan85]

According to ESPN Boston's Gordon Edes, the Red Sox are still interested in free agent Nick Swisher.
The Red Sox have already committed $78 million to Shane Victorino and Mike Napoli but are prepared to spend more. They've even been linked in recent weeks to Josh Hamilton. Swisher, 32, is also drawing interest from the Giants, Yankees, Mariners and Indians. He batted .272/.364/.473 with 24 home runs and 93 RBI in 148 games this past season for New York

http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story/...d-nick-swisher

[poprocksncoke]

At first I didnt want Swisher but now I think he would be an improvement over the two OF's we've signed.

[Nomar]

Were letting every Ellsbury/Lester/Buchholz destination make trades filling their needs. Not good.

[EEasyA]

Josh Hamilton is the Big Fish, Swisher is just Bait.

[Celtic AL]

At first I didnt want Swisher but now I think he would be an improvement over the two OF's we've signed.

rather have victorino then Swish & giving up a pick for him

[papipapsmanny]

I would offer swisher a 3 year deal worth 48 million. I rather not go for years for him.

He has been very consistent, and is a good clubhouse guy, and he would fit in with the Walk% type guys

We would obviously have to trade ellsbury

[KmB728]

I wouldn't mind signing Swish but can we start being linked to some pitchers?

[papipapsmanny]

The fact that we have barely heard anything about us and Sanchez makes me think we are definitely in on him, but I could be looking into it too much

[SirHizz]

I wouldn't mind signing Swish but can we start being linked to some pitchers?

Don't see it...as bad as it sounds. It's pretty fitting that Dempster and Lohse are basically the only guys linked to the Sox. RD would already be signed by now had he agreed to that stupid 2/25 offer.
I'll give Sanchez an outside shot if his market collapses and he gets off of his high horse (6/90)

Swisher? Yes, 3/48 makes sense, wouldn't give him more than that. He's already 32 years old. Upton only got 5 years and is several years younger than Nick.
Teams may start getting away from huge deals in terms of years. That's why I never bought into the "Hamilton gets 6-7 years" hype. I bet he settles for 4 around 100m....maybe with option years.