Yippie! White Sox get Crain, Dodgers get Guerrier, we get Albers and DiNardo. Let’s sign Sammy Stewart and go after Ramon Martinez.

who’s next……..sam malone? c’mon theo – you’re so close! forget dinardo…..he stunk before……..if you can’t pitch for the royals, there’s not much lower than that……i’d rather give delcarmen another shot than dinardo………….

It’s just mind boggling how they finally take out the pocket book on Crawford and Gonzalez, yet choose to be ridiculously cheap once again when it comes to their biggest weakness, the bullpen. How can they not afford to pay someone 3 years $15M TOTAL???? Seems like they’re just doing the same exact thing that didn’t work last year…

Seriously though, we’ve had such a good offseason so far but the bullpen needs some serious pieces not these clowns.

C`mon guys, give Theo a break, I`m sure he`ll bring Wheeler and Fuentes/Feliciano/Rhodes, and also I think DiNardo is a good bet, as a reliever he is 3.97 ERA, 5.7 SO/9 and 1.48 WHIP in 102.0 IP, as a starter he sucks!!!

Just say no to Rhodes and Felicity. Dinardo and Albert are just spring training guys if they show some promise they stay but they could easily spend most of the year in Pawtucket.

Theo’s not being cheep with the bullpen he’s being smart. How many relievers have you seen have three consistent years in a row (other than Mariano Rivera)? With the money we have locked up with Crawford and the future Gonzalez extension adding contracts for a few guys that may not be that good in a year or two is stupid. I have a feeling that Theo will use some of the prospects we have to make a trade or two for relievers.

Paplebon slipped statisticly last year yet his overall numbers ended up being superb; He had two losing streaks in which he blew 2 of 3 chances in the first 1/3 of the season and the he blew 2 in 5 in somewhat rocky situations towards the last 40 games of the season. Besides that he was in the top 5 closers in all of Baseball again.
Pap can get better with a new coaches perspective and if he does he gets somewhere around 7 to 10 million 2011 season.

John, this is a team that has stated publicly that their yearly mission is to field a “competitive team”. They had to spend large on a couple of FA’s this year to fix the sagging ratings and ticket and marketing sales.Mission accomplished! See you in spring training.

Off the subject a bit, but wouldn’t Matsui at four and a quarter million have made more sense then Papi at 12 mill? Wouldn’t Benoit at three years, 15 mill, have made more sense then a shaky Pap at 1 year, 11 mill?

I can’t believe the negativity here from people who don’t understand these types of signings. This move is for minor-league depth. If DiNardo pitches well at Pawtucket, he could appear in Boston at some point in the 2011 season. They are not counting on him to be a part of the Boston bullpen. He’s just insurance in case of injury and failure(s).

Dinardo is not an AL East pitcher, pure and simple. This has nothing to do with the minors or insurance. He can’t pitch in that division. Why do you think the Red Sox didn’t trade for Blanton? He’d get rocked too – just ask Daniel Nava. I’m not being negative at all – how could any Sox fan not love what’s happened this off season? Rumors of Aardsma getting traded are floating around – that’s a trade I would make. In fact, we should have never let him go. And again, I’d bring Delcarmen back before Dinardo, even if he’s not a lefty.

Please,no more DelCarmen.As for setting up for depth, this is not the time to do it.I can’t say that Crain or Guerrier were the answers,but Kelly Downs could have really helped this team in the 6th or 7th innings.His experience in our division was worth alot.Soriano and Balfour are the two best remaining.Both would secure the pen for the next 2-3 years.One of Fuentes/Feliciano should be also be signed. If they just plain refuse to do it the FA way,then Kalish and Reddick for Heath Bell.

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It’s not that I don’t understand the signing, it’s just that I’m watching relievers get plucked up off the market quick while we make these kind of moves and meanwhile aside from Pap/Bard there’s not a single reliever currently on the 40 man who posted an ERA under 4 last year. I understand veteran minor league depth and all that but the major league pen is a serious serious mess right now.

Why improve your team so much,as he has,and then stop short over 30 million, spread out over three years,for two or three quality relief pitchers.It’s to late to fix his poorly constructed rotation, but not to late to stock that pen with Soriano,Balfour and Fuentes. Add those three to Bard and Pap and we can go all the way.

We got Jenks……….we got better. And on my previous post, I wasn’t advocating Delcarmen, just saying I’d take him over Dinardo. If they can add one more lefty arm in the pen, then this team is looking very strong.

We really did? That could be a terrific move. This guy was one of the best prior to last year. if this is true, its a good start!Like Jimmy said, still gotta get a decent left hander. My choice would be Fuentes who can also close.

they won’t pay crain/guerrier 3-4 mill a tear but they pay jenks 6mil a year? that’s brilliant

I will take DiNardo back in a heartbeat. Good Luck Lenny. I’ll be watching.Miss you!

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