MLB 2014: I paid the $20 mil posting fee for the right to start this thread

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So the Red Sox essentially traded Jon Lester and two prospects to Detroit for Rick Porcello and a pitching prospect. What a bargain!

[MissThundercat]

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Dodgers trade Matt Kemp to the Padres.

[jmh]

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So the Red Sox essentially traded Jon Lester and two prospects to Detroit for Rick Porcello and a pitching prospect. What a bargain!

Porcello is younger (meaning less risk of injury), cheaper, and almost as good.

[trixR4kids]

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So the Red Sox essentially traded Jon Lester and two prospects to Detroit for Rick Porcello and a pitching prospect. What a bargain!

Only half a season of Jon Lester though.

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Porcello is younger (meaning less risk of injury), cheaper, and almost as good.

Ben just said he would have been happy to trade Lester for Porcello straight up in July.

Dry that one out and you can fertilize the lawn. Check out #smearcampaign on twitter for a taste of what is to come.

[jmh]

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Ben just said he would have been happy to trade Lester for Porcello straight up in July.

Dry that one out and you can fertilize the lawn. Check out #smearcampaign on twitter for a taste of what is to come.

I don't know who Ben is. With the Sox as far out of it as they were in July, I might make that trade too.

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I don't know who Ben is. With the Sox as far out of it as they were in July, I might make that trade too.

Ben Cherington, Red Sox GM.

He said he was happy with the rotation of Porcillo, Masterton, Buchholz, Miley Cyrus, Joe Kelly and Ryan Dempster. Who is the ace?

[icehawk]

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Twins ge t Ervin Santana for 4 years at 54 million. They need arms and hopefully he isn't another Nolasco.

[joecct]

Ben Cherington, Red Sox GM.

He said he was happy with the rotation of Porcillo, Masterton, Buchholz, Miley Cyrus, Joe Kelly and Ryan Dempster. Who is the ace?

I thought Dumpster retired?
But to answer your question - Henry Owens?

[The Sicatoka]

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Ben Cherington, Red Sox GM.

He said he was happy with the rotation of Porcillo, Masterton, Buchholz, Miley Cyrus, Joe Kelly and Ryan Dempster. Who is the ace?

One of Gru's minions. Probably the one-eyed guy. No, the other one-eyed guy.

[trixR4kids]

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Ben just said he would have been happy to trade Lester for Porcello straight up in July.

A solid cost controlled pitcher still in arbitration for half a year of an ace. For a team that wasn't anywhere close to contending.

IDK, I don't think it's as bad as you're implying. Lester is definitely better and I get that the Red Sox can spend more than most teams, but I can see why he would say that from a contract standpoint.

[jmh]

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A solid cost controlled pitcher still in arbitration for half a year of an ace. For a team that wasn't anywhere close to contending.

IDK, I don't think it's as bad as you're implying. Lester is definitely better and I get that the Red Sox can spend more than most teams, but I can see why he would say that from a contract standpoint.

And that's if you buy that, going forward, Lester is the top-tier pitcher he was in his contract year, and not the good-but-not-great pitcher he was in 2012 and 2013.

[trixR4kids]

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Exactly. It'd be a sell high move.

[Slap Shot]

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Sooooo, the Twins might just suck less next year?

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I thought Dumpster retired?

"This guy's dead."
'Cross him off, then!'

Maybe he meant (or said and I misheard him say) Webster.

And that's if you buy that, going forward, Lester is the top-tier pitcher he was in his contract year, and not the good-but-not-great pitcher he was in 2012 and 2013.

He was pretty decent in Game 5 of the 2013 World Series.