Re: ESPN Reporting Beckett and Lowell to Sox


"Gnork" <gnork@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Mark Stahl wrote:
>> "Jim Tiberio" <jimtiberio@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> > I'm already assuming Wells is gone. Wells and Lowell both health
>> > risks.
>> > Beckett has never neared 200 IP
>>
>> Is 179 IP "near" 200 IP? That is how many he threw last year at his age
>> 24-25 season. He's younger than Jon Papelbon and already an ace!
>
> I would say, no it is not near 200 IP. It is 10.5% short.
>

So if you were 90% of the way to your goal you wouldn't consider that
"near"?

>
>> True. We'll see about him, but the worst case is that he rots on the
>> bench
>> for awhile as a defensive sub/pinch hitter/whatever and the Sox still
>> have
>> Beckett.
>
> The Dodgers might be interested in Lowell if the sending team pays half
> his salary.

I read the Twins may be as well, in return for some releif pitching
(Romero?)


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