pathetic? my god if what you said happen i would throw up..and be pissed...

i would switch ichiro with resigning ross...we need a little power.

Pathetic. Ellsbury is overrated and the face of loser Red Sox baseball, when he shows up for work. Victorino has been in so many dumpsters he's looking for another one. Ichiro is an old man back bencher paltoon guy.

J. Utpon

Sizemore or Pods (1 year 1M minor league contract FA if not added to 25 by last two weeks of spring training) / Bradley, Jr

Kalish/Ross 2 yrs base 5M or D. Young 2 Yrs Base 6 or R. Johnson 1 YR 1M

Sweeney

Actually, pathetic is bringing Delmon Ypung into the equation.  He is looking for more money than Ross and worth much, much less....

I'm looking for more money. You can't read, it was Ross offer, then Young option 2, then Johnson Option 2, all would be platooning.

Who cares what Young is "looking for".

Doesn't get more old and pitiful than Victorino and Ichiro and Ellsbury, old men with a lot of left feet. I'll take J. Upton, Sizemore or Pods as a patch to the soon to be arriving Bradley, Jr., and a platoon of Ross or Young or Johnson with Kalish.

Actually, pathetic is bringing Delmon Ypung into the equation.  He is looking for more money than Ross and worth much, much less....

I'm looking for more money. You can't read, it was Ross offer, then Young option 2, then Johnson Option 2, all would be platooning.

Who cares what Young is "looking for".

Doesn't get more old and pitiful than Victorino and Ichiro and Ellsbury, old men with a lot of left feet. I'll take J. Upton, Sizemore or Pods as a patch to the soon to be arriving Bradley, Jr., and a platoon of Ross or Young or Johnson with Kalish.

In response to Softlaw1's comment:

victorino LF

ellsbury CF

ichiro RF

just asking....

I could care less about Ross but why the FO would not have brought him back already as a stop-gap I do not know.

Realistically the Sox have Brentz and JBJ close to being ready. next year or the year after. They probably wont sign a FA for more than a couple years, which narrows the list down to the Victorinos, Ludwicks, Ross' etc., etc., Unless they make a reasonable trade for a younger player under a few years of control.

So I would expect one, if not 2 of these 30 something place holders signed.

If you sign players right they are tradeable; we now know that. In fact if we sign players --wrong--we know there is someone out there that will see some value. So what's the harm signing Victorino and Ichiro to the right contracts--even two years--knowing they are tradeable players if Bradley and Brentz impress sufficiently, move one or both--you haven't lost anything. In fact overpay them both for for one year deals--as a result you might then sign Hamilton and perhaps one or two starting pitchers like Kuroda and Haren also to short deals.

I'm of the feeling both players would be Yankee and possibly, Jays targets, at some point. Ichiro has a lot of baseball left in him and Victorino could play CF until JBJ is ready. It would be great for Sox fans and rookies to see and play beside a HOF player like Ichiro at Fenway. 

Ichiro would lead the league in doubles and triples. He and Victorino are still capable of stealing 20 or more bases.

Ben your turn!

I would prefer to avoid Victorino and Ichiro  However, I prefer both over Delmon Young, who is barely passable as a starter at this point.

Nice, Ichiro is an old man in the dumspter stage and already platooning as a bencher. Victorino is in the dumpster stage of mid thirties corner platoon OF'er.

Young should platoon, but because of splits, not because he's an old man.

Victorino and Ichrio, what a joke! Those old bums will cost 30 to 40M, pipe dreaming about what they did before they were tossed in team dumpsters.

Pathetic. Ellsbury is overrated and the face of loser Red Sox baseball, when he shows up for work. Victorino has been in so many dumpsters he's looking for another one. Ichiro is an old man back bencher paltoon guy.

J. Utpon

Sizemore or Pods (1 year 1M minor league contract FA if not added to 25 by last two weeks of spring training) / Bradley, Jr

Kalish/Ross 2 yrs base 5M or D. Young 2 Yrs Base 6 or R. Johnson 1 YR 1M

Sweeney