Re: Gammoms on Lugo.
its rather amusing how badly theo has fucked up the shortstop situation over the years.
we dump nomie and win the world series with the smooth ocabrerra
then we dont even offer him a contract and instead we sign renteria for 40M over 4.
due to his anemic .270/34error season we end up paying packing his ass out of town
for that 1 season of awful production we paid 19,000,000.00....
now we have hanley waiting in the wings as the heir to the throne but we traded him to miami for becks...i have no problems with that deal because pitching is just an essential commodity that cant be ignored even if it means trading a future MVP...becks delivered in spades last year.
alex gonzales gets the gig in 06...9-50-.255 in 111 games but an anemic obp of .299?
the way i see it is you can hide a guy like this in our lineup and he was making rather short money,the man was unreal with loretta in the dp wheel and he looked as if he was going to be here for the long haul...
not theo
enter me and julio down by the school yard lugo and his atrocious 36M/4 deal.
what the fuck was that all about?
I am not a francona guy when it comes to the xs and o's but he does handle his players very well and they seem to like him very much,he has blended in the old and the new with little disruption and manny hasnt lost a grandparent in over 18 months...
but theo on the other hand?
i dont know who is luckier
theo or bob kraft
both cabrerra and gonzales were good fits here and each were cheaper and better than their replacements...
nobody is taking lugo and that albatross of a contract and jed lowrie may play lugo out of a job,cora is an adequate if not decent utility player,it makes sense to dump lugo but again,where and how much will it cost us in the end...
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