Great news for the Red Sox!!!!

[a700hitter]

salty struck out too much and was prone to horrific slumps.

[Spudboy]

I understand why they got rid of Salty and got AJP, because of our prospects but I liked Salty. He wasnt a gifted catcher defensively, esp his arm but he had a good attitude, improved every year, had a good bat for a catcher and youre probably right considering the two seasons, he was also a good game caller.

I'm not sure about him being a good game caller. Mostly because I really don't understand exactly how the mechanism of game calling works.

However, I agree with everything else that you said. His bat is especially missed.

[sk7326]

salty struck out too much and was prone to horrific slumps.

Salty is not as good a player has he was for us last season - but he had a much better chance of that than Pierzynski did. I understand why they let him go, but it made a lot more sense to let Vasquez handle the job earlier. This team did a lot of very counterproductive dithering with low ceiling vets this year ... just silly for a "reloading" season.

[Spudboy]

Salty is not as good a player has he was for us last season - but he had a much better chance of that than Pierzynski did. I understand why they let him go, but it made a lot more sense to let Vasquez handle the job earlier. This team did a lot of very counterproductive dithering with low ceiling vets this year ... just silly for a "reloading" season.

I agree.

3/21 was not so much that the Sox could not absorb 2-21/2 years of Salty after Vasquez was brought up. I realize that Swihart is on the way and may be here as soon as mid 2015 if he performs well when promoted to Pawtucket. There is no guarantee that either of these kids will be starters going forward. But even if they both start the season with the Sox next year, Salty could have been moved then. I don't get it.

I think letting Salty walk was stupid.