Manny Stays!
Dec. 7th, 2006 02:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prowler1971For now anyway according to this article with the claim of an unofficial deadline. This makes for one happy Sox fan.
Article also indicates the likely lineup is...
Which is pretty damn close to the lineup I predicted with Crisp 9 and Pedroia 8. I should not better than to think the unproven Pedroia would come up before Crisp.
Rotation is looking pretty good with Schilling, Papelbon, Wakefield, Becket and Lester (we hope). And the way the Sox are signing free agents, I can see them signing Daisuke Matsuzaka. That'd be six solid starts to begin the season with Lester probably coming in late in the season (by the time one of the starters goes on the DL). Tavares proved he *can* do it in the long run and Timlin is already signed. It really just leaves SoxNation worried about a closer. I dunno how I feel about Hanson or Foulke, the latter of which the Sox are reportedly in negotiation with.
There are lots of folks who know more than I. I'm really interested to see how this season pans out. Could be the last run for Schilling and Wakefield.
Article also indicates the likely lineup is...
Lugo, SS
Kevin Youkilis, 1B
Ortiz, DH
Ramirez, LF
Drew, RF
Mike Lowell, 3B
Jason Varitek, C
Coco Crisp, CF
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
Which is pretty damn close to the lineup I predicted with Crisp 9 and Pedroia 8. I should not better than to think the unproven Pedroia would come up before Crisp.
Rotation is looking pretty good with Schilling, Papelbon, Wakefield, Becket and Lester (we hope). And the way the Sox are signing free agents, I can see them signing Daisuke Matsuzaka. That'd be six solid starts to begin the season with Lester probably coming in late in the season (by the time one of the starters goes on the DL). Tavares proved he *can* do it in the long run and Timlin is already signed. It really just leaves SoxNation worried about a closer. I dunno how I feel about Hanson or Foulke, the latter of which the Sox are reportedly in negotiation with.
There are lots of folks who know more than I. I'm really interested to see how this season pans out. Could be the last run for Schilling and Wakefield.
