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Originally Posted by Ilow
Well, I would definitely separate this year from next year as far as his production. There are something like 50 some games left, lets call it 1/3 of the season. If Manny is still the 30/100 guy that he's been, he may hit 10 hr and 35 RBI in the next two months. If you get a halfway decent player to "replace" him you may not get a 30/100 guy, but it could be a 20/80 guy. That 20/80 guy could be projected to hit something like 7/25 over the that same two months, so we're talking about the rest of the team making up 3/10 over two months. Now you could argue intangibles (Manny is "clutch" e has good postseason numbers, whatever) but there are also PLENTY of negative intangibles about the Manny experience.
Hey, I know that the dude can rake, and he always seems to do so when he fights with management, but I think that he is really wearing out his welcome, plus he is becoming less and less reliable. Every time he wants to send a message to management he does something when they play the yankees, because he knows that irks them the most.
Problem is, it's damn hard to find or get good sluggers nowdays, and Manny Papi have been one of the best 3,4 tandems ever.
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Yeah you're right with the production numbers, but, projection only goes so far. At least with Manny you can look back and see what he'll do in a Boston Uni. Putting on that uniform has buckled many a player to their knees.
As far as his welcome, yeah he's pushing it this year, but it may just be because he want's his security. He'd like for the Red Sox to go ahead and say they'll either put him on the market free agent style or they'll pick up at least one of his options. Shit, it's a $20 million option.. I'd want to know too.
And fuck me. Texeira to the Angels. As if they needed help. Yeah they needed another bat to help protect Vlad but fuck. they are on a roll right now. I just wonder what the strikeout differencial is between Kotchman and T. I know that Kotchman is notoriously hard to strike out.