I'd have preferred someone who could also play the OF, but this is decent enough insurance.

More importantly, though, I hope that after getting Napoli down to one year Ben is already looking for a 1B solution for 2014 and beyond...unless the team believes Shaw will eventually be the answer, there isn't much there in terms of organizational depth.

In response to Flapjack07's comment:

I'd have preferred someone who could also play the OF, but this is decent enough insurance.

More importantly, though, I hope that after getting Napoli down to one year Ben is already looking for a 1B solution for 2014 and beyond...unless the team believes Shaw will eventually be the answer, there isn't much there in terms of organizational depth.

There are a number of players who may be moved to 1B soon: (One of two from) Cecchini, Middlebrooks, Bogaerts, Lavarnway, and maybe more...

In response to moonslav59's comment:

In response to Flapjack07's comment:

I'd have preferred someone who could also play the OF, but this is decent enough insurance.

More importantly, though, I hope that after getting Napoli down to one year Ben is already looking for a 1B solution for 2014 and beyond...unless the team believes Shaw will eventually be the answer, there isn't much there in terms of organizational depth.

There are a number of players who may be moved to 1B soon: (One of two from) Cecchini, Middlebrooks, Bogaerts, Lavarnway, and maybe more...

Cecchini hasn't really shown the pop you'd want from a 1B so far...

In response to carnie's comment:

In response to moonslav59's comment:

In response to Flapjack07's comment:

I'd have preferred someone who could also play the OF, but this is decent enough insurance.

More importantly, though, I hope that after getting Napoli down to one year Ben is already looking for a 1B solution for 2014 and beyond...unless the team believes Shaw will eventually be the answer, there isn't much there in terms of organizational depth.

There are a number of players who may be moved to 1B soon: (One of two from) Cecchini, Middlebrooks, Bogaerts, Lavarnway, and maybe more...

Cecchini hasn't really shown the pop you'd want from a 1B so far...

I was thinking the same about Lavarnway.

In response to moonslav59's comment:

In response to Flapjack07's comment:

I'd have preferred someone who could also play the OF, but this is decent enough insurance.

More importantly, though, I hope that after getting Napoli down to one year Ben is already looking for a 1B solution for 2014 and beyond...unless the team believes Shaw will eventually be the answer, there isn't much there in terms of organizational depth.

There are a number of players who may be moved to 1B soon: (One of two from) Cecchini, Middlebrooks, Bogaerts, Lavarnway, and maybe more...

Cecchini hasn't really shown the pop you'd want from a 1B so far...

In response to ThefourBs' comment:

In response to carnie's comment:

In response to moonslav59's comment:

In response to Flapjack07's comment:

I'd have preferred someone who could also play the OF, but this is decent enough insurance.

More importantly, though, I hope that after getting Napoli down to one year Ben is already looking for a 1B solution for 2014 and beyond...unless the team believes Shaw will eventually be the answer, there isn't much there in terms of organizational depth.

There are a number of players who may be moved to 1B soon: (One of two from) Cecchini, Middlebrooks, Bogaerts, Lavarnway, and maybe more...

Cecchini hasn't really shown the pop you'd want from a 1B so far...

I was thinking the same about Lavarnway.

Last year was kind of an anomaly for Lavarnaway. He hit much worse than he ever has so far in his professional career. I think a lot of it had to do with catching so many games.

In response to AL34's comment:

In response to LR3683paw's comment:

Well then, they can spend another $30,000 tomorrow and get someone else.

My question is have any of these low risk gambles ever worked outnfor the Red Sox. The only one I can think of was Cody Ross and he was not a minor league deal but much more expensive.

I may be wrong about minor league deals or ML deals here, but I think here are some recent ones...

Pedro Ciriaco, Mauro Gomez,  Aaron Cook, Darnell McDonald, Scott Atchison

In response to moonslav59's comment:

In response to AL34's comment:

In response to LR3683paw's comment:

Well then, they can spend another $30,000 tomorrow and get someone else.

My question is have any of these low risk gambles ever worked outnfor the Red Sox. The only one I can think of was Cody Ross and he was not a minor league deal but much more expensive.

I may be wrong about minor league deals or ML deals here, but I think here are some recent ones...

Pedro Ciriaco, Mauro Gomez,  Aaron Cook, Darnell McDonald, Scott Atchison

Also David Ortiz and Tim Wakefield.

In response to notin's comment:

In response to moonslav59's comment:

In response to AL34's comment:

In response to LR3683paw's comment:

Well then, they can spend another $30,000 tomorrow and get someone else.

My question is have any of these low risk gambles ever worked outnfor the Red Sox. The only one I can think of was Cody Ross and he was not a minor league deal but much more expensive.

I may be wrong about minor league deals or ML deals here, but I think here are some recent ones...

Pedro Ciriaco, Mauro Gomez,  Aaron Cook, Darnell McDonald, Scott Atchison

Also David Ortiz and Tim Wakefield.

This board has already established that they're both bums. ;-)

In response to ThefourBs' comment:

In response to notin's comment:

In response to moonslav59's comment:

In response to AL34's comment:

In response to LR3683paw's comment:

Well then, they can spend another $30,000 tomorrow and get someone else.

My question is have any of these low risk gambles ever worked outnfor the Red Sox. The only one I can think of was Cody Ross and he was not a minor league deal but much more expensive.

I may be wrong about minor league deals or ML deals here, but I think here are some recent ones...

Pedro Ciriaco, Mauro Gomez,  Aaron Cook, Darnell McDonald, Scott Atchison

Also David Ortiz and Tim Wakefield.

This board has already established that they're both bums. ;-)

Careful, that statement was bordering on pikish... :-)

In response to carnie's comment:

In response to ThefourBs' comment:

In response to notin's comment:

In response to moonslav59's comment:

In response to AL34's comment:

In response to LR3683paw's comment:

Well then, they can spend another $30,000 tomorrow and get someone else.

My question is have any of these low risk gambles ever worked outnfor the Red Sox. The only one I can think of was Cody Ross and he was not a minor league deal but much more expensive.

I may be wrong about minor league deals or ML deals here, but I think here are some recent ones...

Pedro Ciriaco, Mauro Gomez,  Aaron Cook, Darnell McDonald, Scott Atchison

Also David Ortiz and Tim Wakefield.

This board has already established that they're both bums. ;-)

Careful, that statement was bordering on pikish... :-)

I may not agree with his methods, but it doesn't mean he's always wrong. ;-)

In response to ThefourBs' comment:

Careful, that statement was bordering on pikish... :-)

I may not agree with his methods, but it doesn't mean he's always wrong. ;-)

I think you may be letting softlaw and ADG get to you a little bit. :-)

was really hoping the sox would aim higher than overbay. Logan Morrison would have been a good choice. I thought the idea was to find a left handed hitter who plays LF and 1B to spell gomes and napoli. Overbay cant play LF and is on the decline. 

In response to LR3683paw's comment:

Sounds like if Pike got hit by a bus tomorrow that you guys would have nothing to talk about.

lets just put it this way. If you just disappeared and never came back to this forum, no one would wonder why your gone.

In response to AL34's comment:

In response to LR3683paw's comment:

Well then, they can spend another $30,000 tomorrow and get someone else.

My question is have any of these low risk gambles ever worked outnfor the Red Sox. The only one I can think of was Cody Ross and he was not a minor league deal but much more expensive.

I may be wrong about minor league deals or ML deals here, but I think here are some recent ones...

Pedro Ciriaco, Mauro Gomez,  Aaron Cook, Darnell McDonald, Scott Atchison

In response to carnie's comment:

In response to moonslav59's comment:

In response to Flapjack07's comment:

I'd have preferred someone who could also play the OF, but this is decent enough insurance.

More importantly, though, I hope that after getting Napoli down to one year Ben is already looking for a 1B solution for 2014 and beyond...unless the team believes Shaw will eventually be the answer, there isn't much there in terms of organizational depth.

There are a number of players who may be moved to 1B soon: (One of two from) Cecchini, Middlebrooks, Bogaerts, Lavarnway, and maybe more...

Cecchini hasn't really shown the pop you'd want from a 1B so far...

No, but he may make up for it with unprecedented speed from that position. I'm not sure how well he fields 3B, but if he is better than Middlebrooks, we may move Midds to 1B and Cecchini's power at 3B is less of a differential.