Thread: Do the Red Sox still do the Beckett trade if they know what Hanley Ramirez would be?
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Old 07-25-2009, 11:34 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by Rectal Pertruder View Post
Ofcourse they knew how talented Hanley was. But noone knew how talented he'd be in the bigs. It was assumed he would be amazing, but there have been huge busts before. This Red Sox team right now sucks imo. No really great players on it. It really misses a guy like Hanley Ramirez. It misses that guy they can build around. Put a Youk and Pedroia and a aging Ortiz around. Beckett will come through in the playoffs. The question is, will they make the playoffs. Also, imagine having Hanley still and not having Beckett, but hacing Lester come along like he has and having Buckholtz smoking people in the minors and ready to be called up. The future would be a lot brighter then it is now.
They're on a bad stretch but they certainly don't suck. Verdict is still out on Bucholz.
No we have Beckett AND Lester, and a one two punch like that means more in playoff baseball than any hitter.

Youk and Pedroia are definitely great. Bay's on a slump.

I dunno, I wouldn't call a five game slide the end of the world. Their pitching is deep. A week ago everyone in the baseball media was picking them to win the world series, now it's panic mode.
I wouldn't worry about them not making the postseason. Even if the Yankees win the division they are still in great shape to win the wildcard, and that's what they won both times they won the world series.
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