http://www.fannation.com/si_blogs/hot_stov...verge-of-two-year-deal-with-red-sox

i knew it. not like there were any better catchers out there

good.

WEEI is saying it's 2 years guaranteed........

we got enough bats to cover him. his baseball IQ and defense is still worth it.

well he has a player option for 2010 if the red sox dont pick up the team option. so in a sense, it's two years guaranteed if he wants to.

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/reds..._bases/2009/01/varitek_sox_agr.html

this is great actually. joe mauer becomes a free agent in 2011. if the sox land him, the lineup will look something like:

ellsbury
pedroia
ortiz
bay
mauer
youkilis
drew
lars anderson
lowrie

with only two of them (ortiz and drew) being over 32 years old

I thought Mauer was a free agent next year

nah, after 2010

lars anderson is a name i have not heard yet

he's a prospect. larsy can hit.

as long as he doent play drums

bout time

according to this site, you're right:

http://www.wyoung.net/contracts.htm

that's pretty awesome, i was hoping he'd go for the second option.

fuck lowrie, he's a stiff.

good news.. the morale of the pitching staff will be much better. they all really wanted him.

I'd rather have him than Lugo

plus, Lowrie played the end of the season and throughout the playoffs with a broken wrist....kinda hard to do much in that situation

i'd rather have gonzo back. fucking vacuum

Gonzo was asking for too much at the time....3 years for a one way player (sucked at the plate) at his age would've been a bad business decision

they need to trade Lugo and Lowell and get Lars at first and put Youk at Third.

from what I understand Lars is like a year or so off

the earliest they'll trade Lowell is next offseason, which I doubt will happen unless a Teixeira-esque player is available

i'd rather have a dried out, semen-crusted turd at short than lugo

what's the deal with lugo anyway?

Theo Epstein faps to Lugo.

i'd flap if lugo left the team

Lugo gets paid too much to be traded flat out....the Sox would have to eat at least some, if not all of his contract to get rid of him before he becomes a free agent

it'd basically have to be similar to the Renteria trade where the Sox pay Atlanta (and last year Detriot) most of his remaining salary

That's cool Teks back but Lars gots a ways to go he's got like 41 games in at AA but supposibly he's like a justin morneau clone.

yeah Lars will start in AA and in AAA by All Star break hopefully he can crack the bat there like he did at single A and Double A ball like last year.

if Lowell comes back and can put up 15 - 20 and 100 RBIs then it's cool he can hang around one more year but we so need to dump Lugo. Lowerie showed he can handle the pressure and play good ball.

fuck free agents our farm system is tight as fuck.

oh yeah and i'd rather have tek back than trade buccholz for salty.

i think Buch is a dud and they should trade him, Theo needs to stop getting so attached i mean we could have had either Matt Holiday or Juan Santana if he let Clay go the last two seasons.

Holliday's stats away from Coors Field are scary in a bad way...Buchholz would be too much to give up in a trade

Buchholz supposedly wasn't gonna be a part of the Santana deal as far as I remember

true that holliday is sketchy, resign bay.

jay bay bay is the real deal and buchholz will be an ace once he learns how to spot his fastball

And the crowd went mild.

Looking forward to another .260 something batting average year and rally killing double plays.

as opposed to all the other awesome options out there

Clay is bum and was a fluke that one season, last year it all went to his head and showed whats hes really got and its nothing. holliday might have a bad record away from coors but everyone does well at fenway.

and youre right i think the satana deal was with lester but still they could have thrown buc in there and would have sailed cause at the time they thought he was one of the new golden boys.

and i thought they did resign bay or at least extend his contract.

ugh. buchholz, lugo and lowrie are the three red sox that i don't really like that much. lowrie is alright. buchholz is so overrated it's not even funny.

Without Lester last year (along with Masterson and Lowrie and Ellsbury, who were supposed to be in that deal if I remember correctly), you don't make the playoffs last year.
Santana's great, but he's not worth that much.

Buchholz just needs his confidence back....he has nasty stuff, he just needs Beckett's mentality

buchholz is a prissy skinny bitch

.260 would be a pleasant surprise actually....lol

the man needs to lay off the low breaking ball

you guys are crazy, buchholz's curveball is up there with the best in the majors

yeah naw on any of that but def dump Clay.

thats why he got lit up every start last season

*scratches head* are you agreeing or disagreeing? lol

no i wouldnt give up any of that but i seriously want to see them dump Clay.

he got lit up because he had no confidence in his fastball, which he couldnt locate. you can say he'll never be a great pitcher in the majors and you may be right, but you cant deny he has filthy stuff

his issues last year were all mental, once he started to struggle, he would kind of turtle a little...if he can get over that (which I think he can), he can be an ace

he had a turtle head pokin out

yeah i understand his rookie season he was amazing, i mean i cant take away the fact he threw a no hitter but it's the O's how many times have the redsox no hit them.

ha umm yeah i think unless he coems back like beckett he's garbage and he needs his head put on right. i hope smoltz grabs him by the ear and says listen you little fucktard you better pitch or youre my bitch all season you lil faggot.

lol

his curveball drops but definitely not one of the best. it's not a fast curve at all. what is it? 65-70mph?

come on dude. a no hitter's a no hitter, and the O's have some good batters (markakis, roberts, huff)

i think buchholz will be an ace quality major league pitcher either this year or the next, but the best part is, he doesnt have to be! between him, smoltz, wake, and penny, we only need two to be good enough to be back of the rotation starters.

yeah i just think we should be looking for another outfielder and a catcher for the future.

and clay is quality bait.

HAIL SATAN!

buccholz is like 23 years old he's gots plenty of time to mature, obviously he has the raw talent, i dont think thats debatable. Plus the Sox are going to need the extra arms this year because you know Beckett, Wake, Penny, Smoltz will all do time on the DL.

I was at that game when he threw the no hitter.

so I have a sentimental attachment to the little fucker.

true, if someone good enough was available id be into it. mauer 2011 DO IT

FUCK'EM TRADE HIM NOW FOR 25 CENTS AND A STICK OF CHEWING GUM.

buchholz belongs in football. that's his best sport.

hockey is way better than baseball

yeah if you were talking about hockey circa 80's/90s

hockey now is still better than baseball.

English Premier League >>>

you're on drugs Gilligan !

where did my picture of baseball go? eh i kinda like it without it actually

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yeah me

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That line up is VERY realistic and would be key if they can pull it together. Lars is a great prospect that could see a lil playing time this year as a fill-in but won't be a real opinion until next year. He has great defence at first and third and is a budding power hitter. If Lowell comes back and stay healthy for the most part, I could see them riding him out to the end of his contract and putting Lars in the line-up, or trading Lowell before the deadline in '10 if Anderson comes out on fire like Ellsbury and Pedroia did.
Lowrie is still kinda raw, but I'll take him ANYDAY over Lugo at this point and even if he doesn't become a star, I can see him becoming a solid shortstop on offense and defense.

Mauer would be ill as fuck, unless they made a go at trading for Taylor Teagarden. I'd toss the Rangers Micheal Bowden and Daniel Bard. Anything else and they can go fuck themselves.

I'm very happy with this signing but I still don't like most of Red Sox management right now. They were willing to let Varitek walk despite him being the captain and one of the most loyal Red Sox players to play for them.

It's a business. Don't think varitek wouldve turned down a better deal from another team

no one was calling

Exactly, but if anyone had come a-callin', he wouldve answered the call, so it's silly for millennial kingdom to be mad at sox management.

Of course it's a business but you have to have some heart too. In this economy, it's ridiculous to really expect more. He should be happy with what he's got.

HFBoards.com mode is go, in this thread I'll be playing Mike Millbury

MARLINS GET:
BUCHOLZ
ELLSBURY
LOWRIE

RED SOX GET:
HANLEY RAMIREZ

*signs Alexei Yashin to a 45 year $75 billion contract*

Ha Red Sox got ripped off again...Theo Epstein must be the most negoiator in the world....no speed...no power...no average....no arm....for 10 million bucks

ya, he's 'the captain'...and he calls a good game

Pudge Rodriguez has a reputation as one of the worst game callers in the league and check out how many world series he has lead a team to

Boras might as well just buy the red sox and hand out contracts to himself - he could probably pitch more innings than 5-and-out Dice K and probably hit for a higher average than JD .260 with a million dollars per homer drew

umm....Pudge has won 1 WS with the Marlins....he went to one with the Tigers but they lost to the Cards

Tek has won 2

granted, Pudge has an MVP, 13 Gold Gloves, and is a 14-time All-Star, which is far more Tek has in all 3 categories...but Tek has 1 more ring

The rings are more important.

yeah they are.

Bucholtz just needs to get the control back in his fastball and he'll be fine. Every other pitch he throws works and his curveball above all is redonkulus.