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Originally posted by Dj Smitty20 Welcome to the Yankees Mr. Barry Zito. Say hello to Hieki Irabu #2 Boston!

lol... well Sox did have Nomo for a couple seasons... and that was difficult enough for me to endure...

It will be tough if they get this guy, because he will be under SO MUCH Pressure, it won't even be funny... He will get no free pass or anything... so he better be the real deal, or it won't be pretty...

Sox fans will see the $$$$$ they paid for him, and expect Santana like numbers... I'm not expecting anything big... afterall, its the sox... can't expect too much... and Curt Schilling is like 53 now... time is winding down...

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Most Sox fans are blasting off about how their pitching staff is gonna be great and I just don't get it. As you say, Schilling is like 53. Josh Beckett is worthless. ERA of 5? Well.. that's as good as the Big Bust Randy Johnson. He has this arrogant attitude that tries to throw fastballs by everybody and as a result, the dude gives up a lot of rocket launches into the upper deck. I agree about Matsuzaka, 90-100 million could be what they spend on the guy and that is enormous pressure. Beckett has good stuff and he didn't succeed in Boston. Look at all the guys that left the Yankees and went on to do well. It's a tough environment.

We'll see how Papelbon responds to being a starter now, I'm very curious about that.

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Originally posted by Member of X Most Sox fans are blasting off about how their pitching staff is gonna be great and I just don't get it. As you say, Schilling is like 53. Josh Beckett is worthless. ERA of 5? Well.. that's as good as the Big Bust Randy Johnson. He has this arrogant attitude that tries to throw fastballs by everybody and as a result, the dude gives up a lot of rocket launches into the upper deck. I agree about Matsuzaka, 90-100 million could be what they spend on the guy and that is enormous pressure. Beckett has good stuff and he didn't succeed in Boston. Look at all the guys that left the Yankees and went on to do well. It's a tough environment. We'll see how Papelbon responds to being a starter now, I'm very curious about that.

Yeah, but I love Beckett... one of the few I like, well papi and beckett, thats about it... but only because of what he did years ago as a ROOK... yeah he wasn't great, but I still like the guy...

And I just heard Sox are talking to Adam Eaton... the next Matt Clement? Or will he actually do something? Or will they just talk to him and not sign him...lol...?

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where will soriano go thats what I wanna know. he's gonna hit a bagillion HRs next year outside of RFK.

How sad is the NL.... Brandon Webb takes the Cy Young... and better yet TREVOR HOFFMAN comes in 2nd in the voting....wtf.... I thought Hoffman was done like 5 years ago... he keeps coming back... unreal....

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Originally posted by King Ecnal lol... well Sox did have Nomo for a couple seasons... and that was difficult enough for me to endure... It will be tough if they get this guy, because he will be under SO MUCH Pressure, it won't even be funny... He will get no free pass or anything... so he better be the real deal, or it won't be pretty... Sox fans will see the $$$$$ they paid for him, and expect Santana like numbers... I'm not expecting anything big... afterall, its the sox... can't expect too much... and Curt Schilling is like 53 now... time is winding down...

Im surprsied the Sox put up that kind of money for an unproven pitcher at the MLB level at least. They're always whining about the Evil Empire swooping in on players like Matsui, Irabu, Contreras but theyr'e guilty of it this time. I don't expect this guy to put up 20 wins and an era of under 3.00 but he could win 15 games perhaps...still not worth a potential 90+ million. I'd rather sign Zito myself and I think Cashman will go all out for him. Wang, Mussina, Unit (although he could really suck this year!), Zito...looking good if it happens.

I'm just glad they got rid of "I can't pitch more than 5 innings" Jaret Wright.

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Randy Johnson clearly already sucks. His expiration date is long past. He had an ERA of over 5 last year.

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Originally posted by Member of X Randy Johnson clearly already sucks. His expiration date is long past. He had an ERA of over 5 last year.

But he's still in prime form getting CAMERA's out of his face.... then again, Kenny Rogers is the MVP of shoving Cameras out his face...

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Official winning bid for the right to talk with Matsuzaka and Boras - $51.1 million!
That's about double A-Rod's yearly salary

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Originally posted by partyhopper Official winning bid for the right to talk with Matsuzaka and Boras - $51.1 million! That's about twice A-Rod's yearly salary

Yeah? So what? A couple of soccer players change teams for 50 million € every year

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Originally posted by Rockabye Yeah? So what? A couple of soccer players change teams for 50 million � every year

becasue this guy is unproven and if he does reach his prime, he wont be anything close to a messiah

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