Red Sox agree to terms with Carl Crawford

[EnigmaNemesis]

Let's not go too overboard about Crawford. Great speed no doubt, average power at best. very good defense. But a 7 year contract to a guy, who's game is based on speed is not a great idea. The legs will go long before the contract runs out.

Loften's didn't, Henderson's didn't, Cameron's didn't...

The contract is until he is 35. With his physical shape he keeps himself in, he will be fine until then.

You sell him short, he is five tool. Those are rare in the game today.


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[CMH]

Re: Red Sox agree to terms with Carl Crawford

Let's not go too overboard about Crawford. Great speed no doubt, average power at best. very good defense. But a 7 year contract to a guy, who's game is based on speed is not a great idea. The legs will go long before the contract runs out.

Really fast guys slow down to become fast guys.

[EnigmaNemesis]

Really fast guys slow down to become fast guys.

Nice!

This made my laugh out loud haha!


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[CabreraMVP]

Re: Red Sox agree to terms with Carl Crawford

his back is a problem, not his legs. I think his back will be fine though since he is off the turf. I think he said he had to do 30+ minutes of extra stretching every game just to get ready to play on the turf.

[Matt_350z]

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Its not like he is one of those big, muscular, guys that you need to worry about their body breaking down as soon as they hit their early/mid 30's.

He is a workout maniac. He gets up at like 4:30 every morning and goes for a 10 mile run. He eats a strict diet. His whole workout is based around building lean muscle, and staying loose.

Its not like we are talking about a Vlad Guerrero, Miguel Cabrera, Prince Fielder, David Ortiz type here.

We are talking about a guy built from the same mold as as a Kenny Lofton, or Rickey Henderson.

Its just funny to me how people are really stretching it, as far as reaching for anything and everything to dismerit this signing.

The "what ifs", and any given scenario arguments can apply to any MLB player.

[EnigmaNemesis]

Re: Red Sox agree to terms with Carl Crawford

Its not like he is one of those big, muscular, guys that you need to worry about their body breaking down as soon as they hit their early/mid 30's.

He is a workout maniac. He gets up at like 4:30 every morning and goes for a 10 mile run. He eats a strict diet. His whole workout is based around building lean muscle, and staying loose.

Its not like we are talking about a Vlad Guerrero, Miguel Cabrera, Prince Fielder, David Ortiz type here.

We are talking about a guy built from the same mold as as a Kenny Lofton, or Rickey Henderson.

Its just funny to me how people are really stretching it, as far as reaching for anything and everything to dismerit this signing.

The "what ifs", and any given scenario arguments can apply to any MLB player.

Exactly!

You hit the nail on the head when you basically said people are "reaching".

[Chaos81]

Re: Red Sox agree to terms with Carl Crawford

This is hilarious.

Read/glance at these in order.


1) http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/red-s...d-and-ellsbury Specifically the part about the last book he's read.

2) http://www.royalsreview.com/2010/12/...tore-in-boston

3) http://twitter.com/CarlCrawford_/sta...62289140187136

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Re: Red Sox agree to terms with Carl Crawford

This is hilarious.

Read/glance at these in order.


1) http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/red-s...d-and-ellsbury Specifically the part about the last book he's read.

2) http://www.royalsreview.com/2010/12/...tore-in-boston

3) http://twitter.com/CarlCrawford_/sta...62289140187136

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[Chaos81]

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Just when I thought it couldn't get any better, it did.

That's not how the Harvard Bookstore saw it. Located in Cambridge, Mass. (though unaffiliated with the university, the bookstore responded to the idea that the Red Sox had just brought on a very literary player. "File this under 'amazing,' " the store tweeted, with a link to McDonald's story. "Holy cow!" added Massachusetts-based book blogger Megan Sullivan when she retweeted it.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2010/12/red-sox-star-carl-crawford-will-not-open-antiquarian-bookstore.html

[CMH]

Re: Red Sox agree to terms with Carl Crawford

And just as quickly, Crawford becomes one of my next favorite players.

[EnigmaNemesis]

And just as quickly, Crawford becomes one of my next favorite players.

Nice. I liked him for a long time. And would always trade for him in The Show when after the first season of realism.

So it is no no surprise how excited to have him on my favorite team!


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[stealyerface]

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You know, as much as I think that MLB needs to have a hard and true Salary Cap, let's ponder this shall we...?

Should fans of smaller market, less-enabled teams when it comes to money, be more upset about their teams inability to sign the big names, or the fact that with the current system in place, the ownership and management of said teams, pockets the Salary Cap penalty money instead of spending it on marquee players or contract extensions?

As a Red Sox fan, I will not pretend to be sad that the team I love spends the big bucks and gets a more-than-fair shot at the big name free agents.

What I would like to know is the justification by the owners of teams who receive tens of millions of dollars for the cap penalty, to keep that money for themselves.

Isn't the idea of a tariff on the big spenders to allow the little guys to use that money to keep the farm system kids, and sign some of their home-grown prospects? If an owner of a team receives $14 million dollars on salary cap penalty money, and then sells their top prospects or allows them to jump on the free agent barge to greener pastures, THAT is the travesty of justice in the league right now.

That is where the fans need to take a stand and realize that by putting a sub-par team on the field, not updating the stadiums, and not making an effort to sign and keep players, their favorite team's ownership is pocketing that money that was ear marked by the league to help with the problem.


There is certainly a parity issue in the MLB system as it stands, but this issue is even more frustrating to teams that fail to compete, and often, not by any fault of the players themselves.

Greed is a dirty mistress and MLB needs to clean her up.

syf

[EnigmaNemesis]

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Agreed. Where in football EVERY team tries to compete, and almost hits the cap in doing so...

In baseball, teams are content with NOT competing, and just pocketing money year after year.

Some dirty owners in baseball.

[NYJets]

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Sure, and I think most people agree that there should be a salary floor, or some type of system that ensures teams spend money. But I really think there are only a few franchises that don't seem to care about winning. The big markets being able to spend so much is a FAR bigger problem than owners being cheap. The amount of money teams receive in revenue sharing isn't enough to go out and sign a top free agent. So then you are left with the choice of either paying $10 million + for a number 3 starter, or a good but not great bat just to prove you are trying to win, or invest it in the draft, which can work out, but requires a lot of luck, and is hard to sustain.

[EnigmaNemesis]

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Sure, and I think most people agree that there should be a salary floor, or some type of system that ensures teams spend money. But I really think there are only a few franchises that don't seem to care about winning. The big markets being able to spend so much is a FAR bigger problem than owners being cheap. The amount of money teams receive in revenue sharing isn't enough to go out and sign a top free agent. So then you are left with the choice of either paying $10 million + for a number 3 starter, or a good but not great bat just to prove you are trying to win, or invest it in the draft, which can work out, but requires a lot of luck, and is hard to sustain.

Agreed, and MLBPA seemed to get way too powerful, and the lack of a cap early on has hindered it big time.