Boston Red Sox offseason thread

[Boston Boxer]

If Ortiz misses considerable time (possibility), I imagine we might see Lavarnway stick and he and Salty both get at bats at DH. Gomez will probably be in AAA as a backup to the backup plan.

i still like Gomez or even JC Linares (having a good spring). I would like Lavarnway to go back to AAA and finish his development at C.

[Mike D.]

If Ortiz misses considerable time (possibility), I imagine we might see Lavarnway stick and he and Salty both get at bats at DH. Gomez will probably be in AAA as a backup to the backup plan.

[Boston Boxer]

Papi reveals today that the heel injury was actually a small tear and an MRI resently shows it is still there. I will stand by my prediction of Papi not playing much this year. They need to keep Mauro Gomez somewhere close because he would be an ideal DH for the Sox

not good.

http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story/_/id/9037517/david-ortiz-boston-red-sox-highly-unlikely-ready-season-opener

[Boston Boxer]

the saga of Papi continues...now his legs hurt. I suspect they hurt because they are out of shape from resting the heel all off season. He really needs to get it going pretty soon

Now we are being told he just had an MRI on both heels.

[Boston Boxer]

Vazquez is simply outstanding behind the plate. He is going to be a GREAT catcher.

[Boston Boxer]

the saga of Papi continues...now his legs hurt. I suspect they hurt because they are out of shape from resting the heel all off season. He really needs to get it going pretty soon

[Ben Grimm]

Ryan Westmoreland officially calls it quits.

Providence-Journal: Westmoreland Retires

It's a shame. He had some serious promise as a ballplayer. Hope all goes well for him.

[dominik]

There are multiple projections systems available on the FanGraphs' player pages.


A simple average of these 4 systems (including ZiPS) have Gomez hitting .315/.447 next season.

The league average DH hit .326/.438 in 2012.

So, Gomez actually comes in right around average for the position.

does average consider fenway? I would say hitting average in fenway means below average production because that is a hitters park.

[filihok]

Hello, Mister Webster.

How about this kid striking out 4 Blue Jays (Bautista, Encarnacion, Arencibia and Lawrie) and hitting 99 mph on the radar gun?!?!!!

Dodger fan says:

Enjoy him and de la Rosa

[SwissRedSoxFan]

Hello, Mister Webster.

How about this kid striking out 4 Blue Jays (Bautista, Encarnacion, Arencibia and Lawrie) and hitting 99 mph on the radar gun?!?!!!

[filihok]

What's his 2013 WAR projection?

There are multiple projections systems available on the FanGraphs' player pages.


A simple average of these 4 systems (including ZiPS) have Gomez hitting .315/.447 next season.

The league average DH hit .326/.438 in 2012.

So, Gomez actually comes in right around average for the position.

[Therwil Flyer]

What's his 2013 WAR projection?

Fairly irrelevant if he's only DHing (And yes I'm aware that you don't care).
But I'm not sure why we're having this discussion anyway. All I read was Ortiz saying the tear doesn't show at all anymore on the MRIs. Boxer, where did you read/hear that the tear is still there?

[9&10]

Not enough to have value as a DH.

What's his 2013 WAR projection?

[filihok]

Mauro Gomez cant field...he certainly can hit

Not enough to have value as a DH.

[Boston Boxer]

Mauro Gomez cant field...he certainly can hit