Smoke another Doubie, Felix

Shoulder fatigue?  Stopped short of calling him out for lack of conditioning?  OK based on the past two seasons, a new manager,etc.  Who is he trying to impress?  Looks to me like early returns are ticketing this guy to AAA thus solving part of the numbers problem (about who to keep/send down)  now faced.  He’ll be back but I’d rather give Aceves a shot as the 5th just to keep him mentally in the game.  The BP has the depth this year to allow him to start.   

boy spring training is sure stating off great for these clowns. 80 wins, and 4th place team. disgusted.

Pretty sure Doubront is out of options…..

Typical of today’s overpaid athletes. (most of them). No commitment, no dedication, take the easy route….etc. After last season wouldn’t you think he would show up in the best condition of his life? No motivation, thats all. Farrell has his work cut out and not to mention his hands full!

 He can’t go to AAA, he is out of options

I’ll never understand it.Alot of these athletes today coming into the game come from poor backrounds the list is endless.If i were into a position in baseball where i had to wonder if someone was committed or not then that person has already made my decision.Maybe we did’nt sign game changes but i think we can be assured that they are at least committed.Gomes,Napoli,Drew,etc.Just do your best to stay in shape and give all you have.

I did’nt realize that Dubront had a commitment problem.If thats the case then i don’t want him.Haven’t we een enough of that already?

That could happen Schwank,but i haven’t seen that so far.I want to see these guys in an exibition game.I never found exibition games very exciting,but this year will be very interesting with all the new faces.

They overpitched him by 40 innings last year..Curious if any damage was done…

From what they’ve said and we’ve seen, it doesn’t look like it’s a question of not caring. Duobront went out and pitched hard with a dead arm last fall, long after it was assumed he would shut it down for the year after the DL stint, especially given what a jump in innings he had made already for the year. Clearly he’s a fighter who wants the ball and is eager to work when the bell rings. The challenge for him is to be self-disciplined when he’s months away from that bell. Unfortunately, one can be a fiercely competitive athlete and yet lack the discipline to sustain optimal physical conditioning when not in competition, and this mystifies and annoys the heck out of the rest of us. A whole lot of high-achieving pros have carried a lot more weight than was optimal; and we have sighed and thought, “imagine how much MORE this guy/gal could do if in better condition!” But for every great achiever who could’ve done more if healthier in conditioning habits, there’s way more whose lack of conditioning meant they never achieved much at all. Hope Felix grows up in this respect, and soon. He has terrific potential.

With Lester’s poor attitude, Doubront’s poor conditioning, and Buchholz getting injured, I don’t think this organization has learned anything. Once again, poor conditioning is a factor and Lester’s poor attitude will lead to the demise of this team. I think Lester is a prime candidate for a trade.

Perhaps the nutcase Aceves is in shape and can be in the rotation. These guys never seize to amaze me. Yet Cherington doesn’t call him out personally  after he showed up out of shape in 2 of the past 3 yrs.

Its amazing that being in shape is a problem with this guy. From what i have seen from him he could be a solid starter for years to come. It seems to me that staying in shape to earn millions of dollars is the least of the things you have to do to be successful. Beginning to think this teams history of more injuries then most teams could be because of conditioning, and could be the corrected with some discipline and comitment. But over the last couple of years this team had no spine or commitment. Last place again

Pillsbury dough boy. Lester could lose a few. Give the pounds to Buchholz.

So sad, how I wish I had half of his opportunities and talent. Well we seen this story before, someone who doesn’t appreciate what they have until it’s gone

lester in a contract year with a team option in 2014, and ortiz’s heel still not healed fully, but at least the tool beckett is gone.

Come on, really ?  Did you go to skool ?  Seize is what an engine does when you don’t change the oil.  Cease is when something stops.  Used in a sentence; The stupidity in today’s young people never ceases to amaze me and I wonder if the seizing of the United States economic engine can be stopped by these morons.

 Pull your lip over your head and swallow! Good day

 My question is:  If these guys didn’t make big bucks (all athletes) how different would it be? Would it just bring out the driven, self motivated types? No big money contracts to fall on. Makes you wonder.

Yup…….club house culture of beer and fried chicken continues on to this year. Out of shape players making MLB salaries. John F will have his work cut out for him this year.

Dubront is the only one that they questione his commitment.Don’t you think its a little unfair to paint everyone that way? We signed seven guys whose commitment has never been in question.It sounds like you just don’t like the Red Sox at all.I would expect that from Yankee fans.Do you root for another team?

I agree with you on the big contracts.I remember when they played for one year contracts.I also remember when they could deduct up to 20% if they did’nt perform up to a certain level.I also remember Ted Williams refusing a raise because he did’nt perform up to the same level as the year before.The longer the contract the less hungry.

The solution is simple. Make the players pass a conditioning test like the Pts do. If they don’t pass make them run and lift for a week or two before they are allowed to step on the field.

C’mon lets be honest.If i was capable of hitting 40 home runs i would be doing the same thing and i would be hiring Boras as my agent,even though i can’t stand the greedy slug.lol.

I don’t mind Lester and Ortiz has been great.But i fear the Sox threw away 26 million on the big man.Trust me i hope i have to eat crow.

They probably already told Dubront in uncertain terms.Farrel to his credit isn’t going to stand for it,they say he’s a no nonsense type.

I don’t see Lesters poor attitude at all.He’s exactly the same guy that had the best winning % in the game.Red Sox fans have a knack for kicking players to the curb when the chips are down.

I LUV it Miss Manners. > Skool
Happy Valentine’s Day.

The big difference between the  Yankee organization and the Red sox organization is this, the Yankees expect to contend for a championship every year anything less it is an unsuccessful season. As long as the Sox keep the sellout streak going that’s all they care about. The Sox have a last place team and the fans seem OK with that, if they cared about that they wouldn’t go to the park. That’s the only way you hurt this ownership in the wallet. But when you have the dumbest fans in baseball who will go watch a last place team, why would management spend more to get better? That only cuts into there profits. When they dumped Gonzon , Beckett, and Crawford everybody thought they would improve, they signed Dumpster, Victorino, Gomes, Napoli, all of them Bums. This team will flame out

i really wanna believe things are fine with them. but i think ortiz was signed for the tv shows on nesn. not his bat.

Back when Sach Sanders would go into Red’s office and sign a blank contract and tell Red to put down what he thought was fair. Different times.

He’s still weighs less than Fab’s boyfriend..

Never fear, Toradol is here, or has the team addressed that too.
 

Can we put a training assistant in his winter camp?  C’mon, the Sox are supposed to be smartly and scientifically managed.

 I don’t know, lester looks pretty much in shape to me.

Holy cow the sky is falling!!!!  Don’t worry it will be fine.

Enough already, he shows up again out of shape. Send him Portland…..yes Portland. Until he can prove his worth and that he had matured let him languish in the minors and his career can just flounder….what a waste of talent.

They just announced you were a hosehead.

You must have gone to Rutgers to get personal or you are a internet namecaller.

No doubt Rutgers has some produced some quality NFL players (R.Rice, McCourtey), but I don’t see how you can justify going this deep on a mediocre team from a really mediocre and desolate Big East. I hope I’m proved wrong, but this seems like the BB arrogance thinking he can coach up scrubs.

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I’d agree with you if they dropped 3 year, $24 million contracts on these guys. They didn’t. They’re are probably making the league minimum and are happy to do so. If they don’t work out, no harm done. It’s low risk.

Mark Harrison and David Ruffer and the two players that will push the Pats over the top and into another Super Bowl

I know your are kidding.

And this is the College with the Dirt bag Basketball coach and a fired athletic director. Sounds like a good place to me !! ?? NOT….This has got to be a bad joke. McCourty is a borderline bust !

you could put a pro bowl team together every year with players from BC…yet BC is awful every year

people still say “NOT”? you tool

You’re allowed to say “NOT” if you went to an Anthrax concert in the ’80s.