Red Sox sign Stephen Drew

[Bo Sox Fan]

The Marlins are a VERY GOOD comparison. Look at the supporting pieces from the 2012 Marlins opening day roster:

Marlins - Jays

Reyes - Reyes
Stanton - Bautista
Lee - Encarnacion
H. Ramirez - Lowrie
Morrison - Cabrera
Bonifacio - Bonifiacio

Johnson - Johnson
Sanchez - Dickey
Buehrle - Buehrle
Zambrano - Morrow
Nolasco - Romero

Anyways, Drew is a nice 1 year bridge deal to our top hitting prospect SS/3B Xander Boegarts!

[mtf]

The Marlins are a VERY GOOD comparison. Look at the supporting pieces from the 2012 Marlins opening day roster:

Marlins - Jays

Reyes - Reyes
Stanton - Bautista
Lee - Encarnacion
H. Ramirez - Lowrie
Morrison - Cabrera
Bonifacio - Bonifiacio

Johnson - Johnson
Sanchez - Dickey
Buehrle - Buehrle
Zambrano - Morrow
Nolasco - Romero

Anyways, Drew is a nice 1 year bridge deal to our top hitting prospect SS/3B Xander Boegarts!

I'm not going to bother arguing about this because you're entitled to your opinion and I doubt either of us will change each others minds, but do you think Carlos Lee, who was not on the Marlins opening day roster, is a valid comparable to Edwin Encarnacion? Just curious, I don't really care it just kinda stood out to me among your comparisons. (Well, that and Morrow/Zombrano).

[Jeffy25]

I understand why he got 9.5. But he isn't worth 9.5

Shortstops aren't readily available. And the Red Sox want a short term deal, and it's Scott Boras.


Supply and demand made this deal happen. Not Drew's worth.

[xxplayerxx23]

9.5 mill is a bit pricey IMO, but not bad 1 year deal. High reward I guess.

[popo85]

His last productive year was 2010, and that was average at best.

[SACNYY]

No reasonable person was predicting that the Marlins had improved so much that they were going to surpass the Phillies who were coming off a 102 win season.

Just about every baseball analysis on ESPN picked the Marlins to win the NL East and some picked them to go to the Series.

[Jibbler]

its gonna be weird to see the blue jays a much better team than the yankees/red sox this season

Games are not won on paper. did you think the Os would be better then the Rays and red sox this time last yer?

[yankkiller]

Regarding everyone about the stop gap situation and this offseason as a whole i dont see anyone here that we signed as being stop gaps besides drew. This front office believes this team is going to win lol. They wont....personal here is what my signings would have.been, Stephen drew, nick Swisher, david ross, mike Adams, jp Howell, Ryan ludwick, Shawn Marcum, brandon mccarthy Scott cannot league deal.

Then I woulda taken the trade of lackey for Wells just to upgrade the starting 5

That gives us
CF Ellsbury
2B Pedroia
DH Ortiz
LF Ludwick
1B Swisher
3B Middlebrooks
SS Drew
C Salty
RF Kalish/Wells

Bench
C Ross
1B Gomez
INF Pedro
OF Wells/ Kalish

Starting 5
1 Buchholz
2 Lester
3 Marcum
4 Mcarthy
5 Doubront
LRP Bard
MRP Howell
MRP Tazawa
MRP Miller
SU Adams
SU Breslow
CL Bailey

Now that's a team that will contend

[mark1125]

Over priced, but at 1 year, it won't hurt. He is only a stopgap.

[GrumpyOldMan]

I think this makes good sense for the Sox. They get a one year deal on a pretty good shortstop while their future shortstop gets one more year of development. If there was a better option out there for them I dont see it.

[Nomar]

Jeffy's econ lesson was correct.

[SFrush90]

His last productive year was 2010, and that was average at best.

I understand your point, but his 2010 was not close to average. It was much better.

[dynasty7961]

I dont mind over paying on one or two year deals. its the 6-8 year deals that got us in trouble.

[Halladay]

Just like the Marlins were going to better than everyone in the NL East last season too?

You're kidding right? right??

[Halladay]

The Marlins are a VERY GOOD comparison. Look at the supporting pieces from the 2012 Marlins opening day roster:

Marlins - Jays

Reyes - Reyes
Stanton - Bautista
Lee - Encarnacion
H. Ramirez - Lowrie
Morrison - Cabrera
Bonifacio - Bonifiacio

Johnson - Johnson
Sanchez - Dickey
Buehrle - Buehrle
Zambrano - Morrow
Nolasco - Romero

Couldn't resist could ya? your hate for the Jays is quite comical. You seriously just compared Lawrie to Hanley Ramirez, Carlos Lee to EE,Morrison to Cabrera,Sanchez to Dickey, and Zambrano to Morrow? It's like you aren't even trying anymore. Go look up the stats, post them here, and make the argument. I'd love to see it.