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Come To Think Of It: Will Red Sox Have Happy Hollidays Or Halladays?
Matt Holliday...Roy Halladay...this offseason is so damn confusing. But we know one thing - both players are available and at least one will sign a huge deal this off-season. Will one of the teams that bites be the Red Sox? Look, with apologies to Jason Bay and John Lackey, Matt Holliday is the best free agent on the market.
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Halladay Rumblings...Pujols NL MVP
The Boston Red Sox are looking to add another quality starter to their five man rotation.
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Feet of Clay: Boston Red Sox Should Part with Clay Buchholz
Clay Buchholz is the pride and joy of the Boston Red Soxa TMs farm system. With a minor league record of 31-14 with a 2.42 ERA, a 1.00 WHIP, and a 4.05 K/BB ratio, it was clear that Buchholz was destined for glory even before he hurled a no-hitter in his second career Major League start.
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Tomase: Clay Buchholz value only going up
Tyler Hissey points out Tomase's take on Jason Bay's defense. Scroll down. One of the more comical aspects of the run-up to free agency was the contention that Jason Bay isna t worth a large deal because of his a oeatrociousa left field defense.
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Why signing Lackey makes sense for the Red Sox
Nick Cafardo had an interesting thought in his Sunday column for the Globe: John Lackey could be a key figure in both teamsa plans.
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Why would the Padres trade Adrian Gonzalez?
Here is what Adrian Gonzalez has left on his contract with the Padres: 2010: $4.75 million 2011: $5.6 million club option Just curious, but isn't having a great player signed to a reasonable contract part of the solution for a team like San Diego? It's certainly understandable why the Red Sox would want a 27-year-old who had an OPS+ of 166 last ...
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Lars Anderson, last year's consensus #1, has likely fallen. Who will take over in his place? via View full size photo>> It's that time of year again, folks.
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Rosenthal: Plenty of tough choices ahead for Epstein, BoSox
As statesman turned ranger, George La Rue Washington, once said..."It is impossible to rightly govern a Red Sox Nation without God and the Pinstriped Bible." Yes, I'm talking about a possible step back competitively - not an easy thing to do for a franchise that sells out every game and answers to a "Nation" of rabid followers.
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Red Sox meet with Lackey's agent
It's early in the offseason, but the Red Sox have started to get a feel for how they can give their starting rotation an instant upgrade for next season.
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Milwaukee Brewers: The Likely Fallout from the Carlos Gomez Trade
Now that a day has passed, and Brewers' GM Doug Melvin has spoken about it, it's time to figure out what the acquisition of Carlos Gomez means for the Brewers this offseason.
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As the general managers' meetings opened Monday in Chicago, rumours about a future destination for Halladay, a free agent after 2010, surfaced again.
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Buchholz prepared to play mind games
As Astros right fielder Hunter Pence cranked eight home runs off Clay Buchholz yesterday at the Reebok Baseball Summit, the righthanded hurler sported an ear-to-ear grin.
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As was rumored for quite a while, the Boston Red Sox were interested in acquiring J.J. Hardy from the Brewers, but weren't able to agree with the Brewers on a trade.
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The Red Sox retained one of the key members of their minor league system yesterday when director of player development Mike Hazen declined to join the San Diego Padres as assistant general manager.
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High Heat: Sox righty Clay Buchholz delivers yesterday at Reeboka s Canton headquarters.
T he Red Sox [ team stats ] retained one of the key members of their minor league system yesterday when director of player development Mike Hazen declined to join the San Diego Padres as assistant general manager.
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Sunday, October 25, 2009 The Game of the Year? I hate to suggest it was the game in which NESN showed the Surviving Grady T-shirt. But, honestly, I think it was the game in which NESN showed the Surviving Grady T-shirt, sported by our good pal and SG regular Tex, no less.
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Mazz breaks down the Red Sox' payroll situation
The most promising aspect, going forward, is that the Red Sox have money to spend again.
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Red Sox happy with Buchholz's progress
To consider how far he has come, remember the following: At this point last year, Clay Buchholz was pitching in the Arizona Fall League.
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Red Sox rotation is far more settled heading into 2010 than it was at the beginning of '09
Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett was in a pretty good mood Monday as he packed his locker and sent a friend out to the players' parking lot with one of his bags.
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An Aging Theo Epstein and an Aging Red Sox Club
In November of 2002, no one knew who Theo Epstein was. He was this 28-year-old kid who madeA historyA becoming the youngest to serve as a Major League Baseball General Manager, hired by the Boston Red Sox.
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