Wow, all i can say is wow, enjoy the injury plagued John Lackey and watch as this piece of “investment” for the reds turns into platinum, yes platinum, not gold

Like Contreras Tom? Yeah I’ll take my chances with a guy who’s been there before.

How a MLB team can toss so much $$$$$$$$$ at a relatively unproven player is just mind-boggling. Yes, his WBC competition suggests he is more than a Single ‘A’ pitcher but the fact remains there is so much they do not know about him. I have been behind the plate from American Legion ball through AAA and encountered pitchers who could make a baseball whistle in the wind on its way to the plate (95 + MPH)… Where are they today? not in baseball !! why? because they could not consistently control what they threw.

Could Chapman have a good career in MLB? Absolutley. Could he flounder because he has not yet developed control? Absolutely. Craig Hansen anyone??

Tom B you don’t know much about baseball Lacky is a real work horse there for the team Chapman a new looks like cocky raw talent that needs a lot of work.You didn’t see the yanmees try for him at all should tell you something

and besides we are ranked to have the best pitching from the farm system why add more its not a need

peter…
Are you saying that a team CAN have too much pitching????
Performance is made on the field, not in rankings.

He’d be nice to have but he’s not a necessity and to pay TOP dollar for unproven talent is not very wise.

no im not if i was i wouldnt be a redsox fan we dont need him hes not something taht is needed for the redsox and like brian said why pay somebody a lot of money for unproven talent theirs people that can throw hard if they cant control it why does it matter how hard they can throw just like nebraskarsfan said craig hanson look at him what happend he had nasty stuff doesnt mean he was going to become a star

Wow what can I say, another half assed attempt at an effort from the red sox.

But I really would have to blame chapman’s agents, or change of agents anyway,

The first guy probably KNEW how good he was and was playing for a 3 year deal,

The red sox still offered more per year than C’s at 15.5 for three years, which was a realistic deal considering they would be using him by the end of the season…The sox wouldn’t offer any significant amount to a guy unless they were going to invite him to spring training, Iglesias this year and last year Tazawa, so … the only hope is the Reds also invite him to spring training and he makes the majors right away, because the reds are not built to win now or at any time in the future, sure they may throw three decent starters out in the next six years of this deal but are they really going to rush this guy up to win this year? No way, they’ve just made a showy offer to this guy knowing the longer they keep him in the minors the longer they can keep him because they know his arbitration will soon go through the roof once he makes the team, I mean lets be honest sox fans, last year we saw j. tazawa come in, get hammered by the yankees once or twice and still have an opportunity to look good, better than decent in subs. games, Tazawa did look like a minor league pitcher but he seemed to have major league talent, as this Chapman kid does if you look at any available videos, I mean the sox knew what they were looking at here I just can’t see why they didn’t pull the trigger as they were so willing to do on D. mats…I honestly think they should have offered at least half of what Lackey got, I mean we are paying way more for him 33, 34 , 35 36? While this kids velocity probably will not decrease over the length of this deal, and probably after this year his control issues will probably be fixed or put the side as a late innings strike out sort of pitcher…I just hope they weren’t jerking us around ant the 15.5 was a 3 yr. deal and not six… I can’t see how it would be… I’m pretty sure his first agent wanted him to take a 3 year deal then test the market for some rediculous once after he hits the majors, the second agents probably just wanted their own cut to be higher as a % of the total deal. Really bad to see the small market teams win, for I don’t know what reason…

what u guys think about this lineup:
ellsbury
cameron
pedroia
youk
v. martinez
beltre
drew
ortiz
scutaro

i think he would be a great in the bullpen things can change fast look at tim lincecum he didnt have a spectacular first season and then he won two gold gloves since so you never know i dont think hes worth what the reds offered him but then again if he becomes and all star pitcher in two years he will be a great deal its a win lose situation well just have to see how it pulls out and i think thats a great line up

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