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I’ve also been surprised about some of the Sox off-season moves over the past two years. The Gonzalez deal aside, not a lot of other great moves. Could all be a matter of circumstance, of course, but I feel like Sj is right.. they’ve gotten away from their formula. Maybe they got too caught up in chasing the Yanks and trying to match their moves like the Yankees from the early 2000s started doing..
It’s time for Jeter and Gardner to start having better at bats. Poor starts happen, then you have to get it going.
So much for gardy leading off.
According to Tampa’s GM, they didn’t make money last season, they lost money. I heard him interviewed by Chris Russo at camp.
So much for gardy leading off.
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Lefty starter
I hate being stuck at work during games.
I like the switch with Jones and Martin in the line up from Tuesday’s line up.
Still would rather have Grandy in then Gardy, but both players have been cold to start here.
WCYF is right its go time here. One week turns into 2 weeks which turns into a month of being cold at the plate and its unacceptable.
SJ
I heard MLB Commish talking on the radio yesterday that several MLB teams were in real financial trouble and not making profits. He mentioned the Pirates specifically & I think TB as teams losing money. Is this true? Or is this a case of him misremembering?
Morrow has great stuff just needs to put it all together.
Mishandled by Seattle IMO.
Agreed. ‘t wasn’t ever a good match, as Brandon himself could never really decide where he belonged…
http://tinyurl.com/3rsx2pd
I hope he recovers fast and well from his latest issue. I would like to see him succeed.
You are correct, Jack Z is a giant A -hole of a GM. He is the main reason that team went from contender to pretender.
Disagree. The M’s haven’t really been in contention since 2003. Jack’s only been here since the 2009 season and, by all accounts, has done a lot of good work replenishing the farm system that Bavasi decimated. Still more to be done though.
Sure it’s early, but it’s hard to imagine any team stopping the Rangers. ‘t will be interesting to see how they do away from Arlington – first test, Oriole Park.
Call me crazy but, I’m thinking the AL wildcard comes out of the Central this year…
Oh, ran across a link some of you might find interesting – it’s about Rafael Soriano. I’ll post it in my next comment, as I don’t think posting two links in one post works.
So just for the fun of it, how high would the Red Sox 0-fer have to go for people to legitimately believe they are in trouble.
Anyone writing them off completely at 0-9?
GGBG would not be leading off against a lefty
WCYF
It is probably a case of losing money on tax returns, but making money doing so! I know the fan thing is causing heartache down there & the stadium location too. I have also heard rumors of them moving to Charlotte NC which IMO would be a great idea!
Man I hate rain outs… but was happy about last night… the Yanks needed that, bad…
I had to laugh at this:
BloggingBombers Yeah, because I’m sure “encouragement” is all he would hear here. RT @YankeeFan02 sure wish AJ was on Twitter…he needs encouragement!
Here’s the Raffy link …
http://tinyurl.com/3evcwdp
He was always one of my fav’s – could hardly believe my eyes/ears when the trade went down for Horacio Ramirez. Words cannot describe my disdain for all things Bavasi.
Late for my train…
No GM is going to publicly discuss profitability.
Ray,
The Pirates, and the Rays for that matter, each made over 20 million in profits last year.
Selig is full of it. MLB has never been healthier financially. Something Selig often says.
He’s trying to get Oakland and Tampa new stadiums.
The tried and true way to do it is to cry poor mouth.
“He mentioned the Pirates specifically & I think TB as teams losing money.”
Same old story.. These guys are all world class lie-tellers.
If the Sox fired Francona Im guessing he’d be unemployed for about 15 minutes.
stuckey99 April 7th, 2011 at 10:11 am
0-9 would be a pain threshold that would be tough to dig out of, so yes I would! I know it is a long season, but look at the AL East. O’s, & Blue Jays are pretty good. Yanks are very good & TB has good pitching (SP) that is. It may be tough to make up ground & their press could throw them under the bus as quickly as they were annointed!
100 wins out of 153 is .654 baseball &
95 wins out of 153 is .621 baseball
Logically, they could do that! But with that kind of opening, every 2 game losing streak could be magnified along the way! There is a reason that no one who lost the 1st 5 games has ever won a WS.
Fans, press & especially the bandwagoners will press for answers with every loss! It could get very ugly in a good kind of way!
stuckey99 April 7th, 2011 at 10:11 am
So just for the fun of it, how high would the Red Sox 0-fer have to go for people to legitimately believe they are in trouble.
Anyone writing them off completely at 0-9?
The only answer (and especially in April) is when their “magic number” is negative. All that stuff about teams with bad starts not making the playoffs has more to do with bad teams. The RedSox are not a bad team. Maybe they are not the wonder team that the pudits all thought but over the course of a season their players will play to the back of their bubble gum cards and they will be in the thick of the plaoff run.
I never bought into the wonder team … they have holes (rotation, bp, ss, rf and bench) just like every other team … but they also have more solid players than not. To me an 0 – 9 start would not mean they anything to me other than they had a bad start.
btw – I have been a Yankee fan for over 50 years. (Not saying that makes my opinion any more valid than anyone elses opinion … just clarifying where I am coming from.)
SJ44 April 7th, 2011 at 10:20 am
Thanks SJ! That is what I thought. I appreciate you & your knowledge!
I do think a couple of teams are hurting for different reasons, like the Dodgers & the Mets but only from an owners point of view & not a team profitability viewpoint!
blake April 7th, 2011 at 10:22 am
Maybe 20 mins while he ponder which team to choose! LOL!
I’m not jumping for joy over Boston’s current woes as I know they will rebound shortly. That being said, I also don’t believe that they will win 100 games like some have predicted. Neither will PHI.
One thing I’ve become a fan of is checking out the Minor League boxscores every evening, and depending on the games/evening will sometimes even check in on them in progress.
Tonight that starts in earnest.
Tonight’s starters are not the most anticipated, but will still be fun.
m1kew April 7th, 2011 at 10:25 am
The problem with good teams having bad starts is that over the course of a season a team has a couple of bad periods. It is much more likely to have more bad periods when the 1st one is at the start of a season. When you couple that with looking up & the possibility of a key injury it can quickly get out of hand.
The obvious benefit of last night’s rain out was the opportunity to push back Garcia’s start and rest the bullpen, but another advantage is that now there is no good reason to start automatic out Molina until next Fri at the earliest. At that point we’re already at mid-April. I haven’t heard any recent updates on Cervelli but I assume the original ~1 month timetable is still accurate. So, with any luck he could be back in time that Molina only has to make 2 or 3 starts. Not that Cervelli is an all star, but the sooner Molina is cut the better.
Stuckey,
You should get milb.tv. most of the scranton games are on there…..hopefully they’ll get more AA games this year….
Folks, let’s not get crazy. The Sux are not 0-9, they are 0-5. 0-9 puts a little bit of jinx on the Yanks, no?
Are the Red Sox the 1998 Yankees or the 2008 Tigers?
HipHipHorHay April 7th, 2011 at 10:37 am
The question was “Waht-If” the RSox were 0-9, not they will be 0-9!
“What-If”
Big test for AJ today. Anyone hear how the cold is? I imagine he is feeling near 100% by now.
Blake,
I gotta police myself. One of several reasons I don’t do game threads. Gonna have Yankees AND Knicks for a few more weeks at least, I don’t need more time-suckers
Big Swing game today heading into Beantown 3 – 3 is not much to be too please with and not a representation of a good opening homestand.
However 4 – 2 is a team off to a really good start looking for more.
Sox probably have as good (or better) chance of being 4-5 on Monday as they do of being 0-9. More than likely they will be somewhere in between, and hopefully closer to 9 losses than 4 wins.
The good thing is that every week that goes by where they are behind us in the standings, is one week closer to trade season, and likely 1 week less in their window of opportunity where they have the best chance to distance themselves from us in the division. If Cashman trades for a legit starter as many assume he will, Boston’s advantage (on paper) is neutralized. I think most fans agreed that the plan for NY this year was to try to keep it close until June, then fix what’s broken and make a run for it. First 5 games couldn’t have gone much better. Hopefully a series win this weekend will put them in an even deeper hole in the (very) early going.
Stuckey,
Ditch the Knicks…..problem solved
Tony La Russa:
“For everybody listening out there [TV audience], you think I’m being unreasonable? It’s the FIRST WEEK OF THE SEASON. I don’t understand this. Are you going to tell me Yadier doesn’t drive in big runs? Are you going to tell me Albert can’t hit? Are you going to tell me the second baseman and shortstops haven’t hit? David Freese? You don’t think he’s going to hit? You think Matt’s gong to hit? You think Colby’s going to hit? You think Berkman’s going to hit? The answer is ‘no’ to all those things?’ Did you [interrogators] accomplish your goal? Three, four times, you ask so I get excited and get upset? That’s not fair. It really isn’t.”
The RSox SP have given up 10 HRs in 25 and a third innings and they haven’t even pitched yet in their bandbox field. That is a lot of HRs!
That same crew has given up:
Hits – 32
Walks/HBP – 15
Runs – 25
And that is just the SP!!!
Jeffc,
Good post.
stuckey – interesting question.
I think the old saying goes, you can’t win a pennant in April, but you can lose a pennant in April. It’s too early, way too early. But it can also get late early, and if the month ends with Boston in the cellar, and too many games behind – that’s a big hole to climb out of, jumping teams in standings, etc., with a flawed roster. Not impossible, but a big task.
I understand that Gardy hasn’t shown enough at this point to continue to lead off, but has Jete really shown anything better?
Jeter hit about .320 against LHP last year.
GGBG is not going to lead off against a lefty
jeffc_76 April 7th, 2011 at 10:51 am
Quite likely you are right, but how many folks thought Beantown would be 0-5 after playing Texas & the Indians?
Losing begets losing! People try too hard. They think more & the results tumble. But more importantly people look for answers and they don’t get what they want so they start blaming each other.
The very worst thing that could happen to RSox today is to lose to Cleveland 1-0 or 15-14. That would be the proverbial line in the sand kind of thing! Don’t you know all these players are dreading this game if they lose & having to go home for their opener 0-fer!
SJ44 do you have a current link on Tampa Bay to prove your contention? I heard the interview and although he would not give exact figures, he said quite emphatically that Tampa lost money last season. He said they were helped by making the post-season but despite that, they didn’t come close to breaking even.
Ask LaRussa what he thinks about Gardy or Jete not hitting much iin the first week.
Yes, last year. Not now, when he’s trying adjust to a strideless swing, and doesn’t have the timing down yet. It amazes me how much, we, as a group, or rather, in terms of sports all together, rely on the year before to dictate the year present. By that logic, the Giants will win the WS this year. Why? Because that’s what happened last year.
Blake, this isn’t to say your point isn’t a strong one, or that you aren’t absolutely correct, I just think, when it comes to sports, that reliance on the past limits the prospects of the future.
Man! A 7.4 earthquake just occurred off the coast of Japan and a tsunami warning has been issued. Those poor people there, that’s awful.
Texas has a good team, I could easily have seen the sox losing those 3 on the road…it is losing at Cleveland that has to be tough to take.
Blake,
I’m actually hoping the Knicks catch the Heat in the first round. Heat have had their trouble with adjustments and the postseason is a different animal than the regular season. And they are even one nagging/minor injury to Wade from being very vulnerable.
I think their first play-off series ever is the best time to catch them.
Knicks steal Game 1 and things get very, very interesting.
WCYF – are you serious about the new earthquake in Japan? That’s horrible. Words fail us.
I hope they go 0-20, and they fire Francona and Theo, and their fans start climbing out onto window ledges. I just don’t think it’s very likely.
Wow. 7.4 earthquake off the coast of Japan and another tsunami alert issued.
FWIW – Bud has said that the game is in terrific financial shape, under his watch. And, then, to a different audience, when trying to get a different point across I guess, he says that teams lose money.
I understand he’s trying to walk a line, and to achieve different goals depending on when and to whom he’s speaking, but it does appear contradictory.
Luckily the tsunami warning is only for a 1 meter high tsunami. Lets hope it doesn’t disrupt the rebuilding and rescue processes too much.
Lastings Milledge DFA’d, yankees should take a look.
Yanks aren’t interested in Lastings Milledge are they?
Lastings Milledge DFA’d, yankees should take a look.
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Based on what? He hasnt worked on on any team he was on….
I thought they should be.
pat April 7th, 2011 at 11:06 am
Although 7.4 is bad it isn’t a 9.0 which is about a 1000 times more. The Tsumani from a 7.4 shouldn’t be bad.
He hasnt worked on on any team he was on….
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Hits LHP, is young, not working out on another team doesn’t mean he can’t work out on the yankees, etc.
West Coast Yankee Fan April 7th, 2011 at 11:02 am
I think they probably lost money last year, but found it in their pockets!
Lastings Milledge DFA’d, yankees should take a look.
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Wasn’t he the jewel of the Mets farm system and their future at one point?
Joe from Long Island April 7th, 2011 at 11:06 am
Japan has had a lot of earthquakes recently. Befor ethe big one 9.0 they had a 6.9 quake the day before. They also had multiple 6.0+ quakes for a week or so thereafter including a couple of Tsunami warnings. It has been dreadful there.
Lastings Milledge is only on a minor league contract to begin the year. He could play in AA or AAA and see. He has talent, but maybe not much else. Just a thought on a no lose type thing!
Lidge of Phils most likely out till AS Break!
so maybe it wont be a red sox/phillies WS after all
Pedro Feliciano said Thursday that doctors pushed him back from throwing this week.
Another great relief signing by Cash
# Fran the original April 7th, 2011 at 11:16 am
Lastings Milledge DFA’d, yankees should take a look.
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Wasn’t he the jewel of the Mets farm system and their future at one point?
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I may be wrong but wasn’t he suppose to be the next Gary Sheffield
Pedro Feliciano said Thursday that doctors pushed him back from throwing this week.
Another great relief signing by Cash
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Give him a break. PF had never been on the DL, there was no reason to believe he would be hurt right away. Once he gets started, he will be a huge help.
Flash17YES I know you can’t tell from this picture but it is freezing at the stadium!!!!! http://yfrog.com/h4i1aqrj
I’d only sign Milledge to a minor league contract. Let him show something on the field and off before he gets to wear pinstripes
Cathie Black out as NYC Schools Chancellor. That lasted a long time.
ac1,
If you believe he will pitch this year. The question is who will pitch in a game first him or Marte?
Other then Gordon name one relief pitcher that Cash brought in that has worked out?
upstate kate April 7th, 2011 at 11:23 am
so maybe it wont be a red sox/phillies WS after all
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sure it will kate, because the experts said so.
Just what the kids in the NYC public school system need.. more turn over of unqualified officials.
Shame Spencer,
Dennis Walcott is taking over. He is actually real good
Erin,
The picture looks nice, but it is cold here today. In the 40s and no sun.
West Coast,
You have to stop being so naive.
No GM if a privately held company is going to publicly discuss specific financials.
You want further corroboration other than my own due diligence info on teams I have for clients?
Read the Deadspin story from a year or two ago when they got their hands on confidential MLB financial info which show just how profitable the so called “bottomfeeders” in MLB actually are.
The entire industry is awash with cash.
If these teams were struggling as much as Selig would have you believe, they would be for sale. They aren’t.
Unlike the NHL for example which has nearly 40% of it’s franchises either publicly or privately for sale.
The Rays wanta new stadium and/or out of their lease.
Triple,
Dennis is good and has been around the system for a while. Black never should have gotten the job to begin with.
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The Phillies bullpen is not that good IMO.
SJ,
You think there is any chance the Rays are moved out of Tampa?
Didn’t hear a lot of positive stuff from Pittsburgh people on Milledge.
I’d pass.
The Phillies pen is horrible but their starters should go deep enough into games to negate their suspect pen somewhat
Erin April 7th, 2011 at 10:08 am
“I hate being stuck at work during games.”
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So do I! I sit in the geographical center of my office floor, and I get virtually NO radio reception. I’m stuck with “watching” it on MLB.com’s Gameday and then sneaking a peek whenever I feel like I can get away with it.
Blake,
I do. They have a horrible lease though and they will have to pay a healthy exit fee to depart.
There won’t be any contraction.
If they can’t get a stadium deal in Tampa, that’s stalled right now, I could see them going to Charlotte in a few years.
I think if there isn’t any progress with Tampa officials after next year, moving talk will increase.
Especially after a new CBA is done.
Other then Gordon name one relief pitcher that Cash brought in that has worked out?
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You can make that case for many high priced relievers though.
And the book is out on Pedro. 5 games into a 2 year contract.
Tarheel In NYC April 7th, 2011 at 11:42 am
Erin April 7th, 2011 at 10:08 am
“I hate being stuck at work during games.”
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So do I! I sit in the geographical center of my office floor, and I get virtually NO radio reception. I’m stuck with “watching” it on MLB.com’s Gameday and then sneaking a peek whenever I feel like I can get away with it.
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I have the same issue with the radio reception at work. It sucks. Had to get the MLB at bat app on the iphone to get a consistent radio feed.
SJ – I am the furthest thing from naive. As I said, he would not divulge specific financial figures, that is expected and understood. He said clearly and unequivocally that Tampa lost money last season. There was nothing ambiguous about it, Chris Russo pressed him on it. If you think he was lying, then say so. But I have seen nothing to suggest that he was and you have not presented any evidence to the contrary.
By the way, do you think it’s appropriate for you to divulge information on teams you say “you have for clients”? Their GM says they lost money and you say that’s not true based on private information you have. Interesting.
It is absolutely true that most organizations in MLB are flush with profits. But not all.
“If they can’t get a stadium deal in Tampa, that’s stalled right now, I could see them going to Charlotte in a few years”
Yay! I do have an agenda with that question because that move would mean Id get to watch the Yanks a lot. The carolina’s is big time baseball country and Id be curious to see how many Braves fans they could convert.
“Other then Gordon name one relief pitcher that Cash brought in that has worked out?
Kerry Wood and Boone Logan.
Am I required to go back more than one season?
Okay, Marte was huge in the 2009 postseason and helped win a World Series.
ac1,
Who said anything about high priced? The Rays brought in a bunch of low cost relievers that worked out last year yet Cash had been looking for a set up guy ever since Gordon left and was unable to find one
stuckey99,
I should have said free agents and Boone Logan is horrible.
Are you saying Cash has done a good job bringing in relievers? Your happy with it?
West Coast – Why ask a question if you don’t want to hear the answer you know you’re going to get?
You saw that Deadspin article SJ referenced just like the rest of us. That alone showcase the sketchy business dealings in baseball, no? I mean, all revenue sharing is is the redistribution of wealth amongst the wealthy.
So maybe we could spin it this way: The teams are losing money but the owners aren’t. Would that work for you?
The Rays are not profitable but they make money.
“I should have said free agents…”
Why don’t trades count?
Why doesn’t Kerry Wood count?
” and Boone Logan is horrible.”
He is?
He posted an overall 2.93 ERA last year and a 2.01 and 1.90 average against lefties last year, his primary job.
How is that “horrible”?
“Are you saying Cash has done a good job bringing in relievers? Your happy with it?”
I’m answering the question you asked.
What is wrong with my answers?
“# West Coast Yankee Fan April 7th, 2011 at 10:06 am
According to Tampa’s GM, they didn’t make money last season, they lost money. I heard him interviewed by Chris Russo at camp.
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yeah but they refuse to open up the books to the public, I’m not buying it
“Based on the data revealed by deadspin.com, I stated previously that the Rays probably lost money in 2009, and that they’ll probably lose even more money in 2010. I questioned previously how much longer the Rays could hold the current team together.
Now we have confirmation from Rays’ owner Stuart Sternberg: the Rays are going to cut payroll. The Rays’ current payroll? $72 million. The Rays’ projected 2011 payroll? $50 million. That’s a 31% cut.”
http://itsaboutthemoney.net/ar.....g-is-dead/
WCYF
There is a reason most businesses don’t pay taxes! See GE & BofA for example. They lose money! LOL! And they have shelters to show that as well. Their payouts to their execs & boards is very very good though! Just think what it would be if they really made money! LOL!
New Post: Frosty Yankees pregame
WestCoast,
Read the Deadspin story then get back to me.
Blake,
MLB has 4 issues right now…..the Dodgers, Mets, A’s, and Rays in that order of importance.
The Dodgers and Mets issues will get cleared up when new ownership ultimately takes over both teams.
Until then though, having two franchises in the Top Two media markets in the state they are in is an embarrassment.
Lou Wolf, owner of the A’s, is a very close friend of Selig’s. They desperately need a new stadium and Selig is going to do everything in his power to get him one before Lou decides to throw in the towel and sell the team.
Tampa also needs a new stadium and Bud loves Sternberg. However, he knows Charlotte is a legitimate option in a few years for the Rays.
Unlike the A’s, who do not have any other options aside from San Jose, right now.
Compared to the other sports leagues, especially with their current labor peace and profitable new media deals, the overall financial health of MLB is stronger than it’s ever been.
WCYF,
Yeah, you’re being a little naive here I think.
Selig could say teams like the Rays are losing money operationally on their own, meaning sans revenue sharing money, and not be wrong or lying.
In terms of revenue genrated vs payroll and operating expenses, I expect the Rays are likely in the red.
But after they get their share of $400m, I suspect they probably wind up in the black.
http://blogs.forbes.com/kurtba.....ble-teams/
“The most profitable team was the Padres, which had an operating income of $37 million in 2010. The team’s attendance surged by 200,000 at Petco Park as the Padres finished just two games behind the San Francisco Giants in the National League West. The Padres managed to post a 90-72 record despite a payroll of just $38 million, which was the lowest in baseball. The Padres also benefited from a revenue-sharing check of more than $30 million.
“Thanks to more than $400 million sent from high-revenue to low-revenue teams, several teams with low attendance were able to post operating profits of at least $10 million. Among them: the Pittsburgh Pirates ($25 million), Kansas City Royals ($10 million), Oakland Athletics ($23 million) and Marlins ($20 million).
“Only three teams had a negative operating income in 2010: the Detroit Tigers (-$29 million), Mets (-$6 million) and Boston Red Sox (-$1 million), which collectively spent $475 million on players (including benefits and bonuses). Each ranked among the top six biggest spenders last year, but the Mets and Red Sox own stakes in regional sports networks, which offset any losses on the diamond.”
stuckey99,
Nothing is wrong with your answer and I explained what I should have asked. Wood was great but Brian’s overall body of work when it comes to relievers have been horrible. Hughes had to be moved to the pen to be a setup guy because he had nobody to do it. Latroy Hawkins? Mike Myers? He never brings in guys that disapoint slightly he brings in guys that are unmitigated disasters or guys that are hurt the majority of the time. I would be shocked if Feliciano pitches more then 10 games this year
“Now we have confirmation from Rays’ owner Stuart Sternberg: the Rays are going to cut payroll. The Rays’ current payroll? $72 million. The Rays’ projected 2011 payroll? $50 million. That’s a 31% cut.””
To be fair to SJ44, he’s been saying for 6 months the Rays would cut payroll in 2011.
They cut payroll for one, big reason……
They are trying to show enough financial “distress” to get the city fathers in Tampa to help bank roll a new stadium.
They were asked by Tampa officials to “open the books” and they refused.
How internal accountants position “losses” is a different issue than I’m speaking to re: profitability.
Are the Rays in the Top Ten of most profitable teams in baseball? No.
However, they are in the middle of the pack and if they so desired, could have carried a larger payroll and still made money.
Wiz are you on.