Lackey takes physical for Red Sox

[Yawkey Way]

Julio Lugo comes to mind

 

[chazmaniandevil]

Julio Lugo comes to mind

and to think i was excited.......

on a semi-unrelated note. cant wait to see the bosox come to the bay this year. should be a fun series. i really want to see pedroia play

 

[Yawkey Way]

Yeah Pedroia is fun to watch.

Speaking of Free Agent signings, Theo isn't exactly the greatest when it comes to them.

Lugo, J.D Drew, Mike Lowell's large contract, some could say we overpayed for Dice-K.

Just throwing that out there.

 

[MVP1991]

Who cares if Boston overpays that is one of the advantages of working with the Red Sox. Having a ton of money to work with and throw around.

 

[chazmaniandevil]

Yeah Pedroia is fun to watch.

Speaking of Free Agent signings, Theo isn't exactly the greatest when it comes to them.

Lugo, J.D Drew, Mike Lowell's large contract, some could say we overpayed for Dice-K.

Just throwing that out there.

i feel your pain man.

zito, renteria, rowand, armando benitez, trading boof bonser, joe nathan, francisco liriano for aj piersynski

just fml.

 

[chazmaniandevil]

lackey is a bit overrated

great insight. you really bring a lot of great information to these boards

 

[Yawkey Way]

Lou Merloni wrote a piece on Lackey pitching in Boston. Good read,i'll link at the bottom.

Here's a little something i took out of it comparing Lackey and Beckett since 2006. Lackey hasn't started the prior two seasons until May and Beckett has had trouble closing down the stretch.

Josh Beckett (2006-2009)

65-34 (.657), 4.05 ERA, 122 GS, 792 IP, 723 K’s, 1.205 WHIP

John Lackey (2006-2009)

55-33 (.625), 3.50 ERA, 117 GS, 781.1 IP, 683 K’s, 1.243 WHIP

In 2007, Beckett (20-7, 3.27 ERA) was arguably the best pitcher in baseball. But when you look at what Lackey did that year (19-9, 3.01 ERA), you understand why some said the same thing about Lackey.

http://fullcount.weei.com/sports/boston/baseball/red-sox/2009/12/14/merloni-lackeys-thoughts-on-boston/

that's the article.

 

[celtsxpatsxsox]

Yeah Pedroia is fun to watch.

Speaking of Free Agent signings, Theo isn't exactly the greatest when it comes to them.

Lugo, J.D Drew, Mike Lowell's large contract, some could say we overpayed for Dice-K.

Just throwing that out there.

I don't really think the JD Drew signing was all that bad. I know we gave him a big contract but that was a year removed (I think) from Alfonso Soriano and Vernon Wells getting big contracts. So we did get him for market value imp and he has pretty much played the same if not better than both of them.

 

[Yawkey Way]

yeah i didn't mean to say that JD Drew has been bad, just think the dollar amount was high. That's a good point though.