So the Red Sox "big moves" so far this offseason have been signing Marco Scutaro and trading for Jeremy Hermida? ooohh.
Couple that with the sucky weather around here and the constant traffic and this off season so far has sucked.
Theo Epstein has yet make a solid offer for Adrian Gonzalez or Roy Halladay and probably wont. Theo has admitted that the next two years are "bridge years."
Ready for this? According to OverTheMonster, Theo Epstein admitted that the Red Sox are in a two year “bridge period.”
Theo said, “We talked about this a lot at the end of the year, that we’re kind of in a bridge period. We still think that if we push some of the right buttons, we can be competitive at the very highest levels for the next two years. But we don’t want to compromise too much of the future for that competitiveness during the bridge period, but we all don’t want to sacrifice our competitiveness during the bridge just for the future.”
It was bad enough that the Red Sox season ended with a three game sweep by the Angels. After investing six months of my life watching that team and thinking they had a shot to at least make it to the ALCS now I learn that we are headed for two “bridge years?” Yea Im a little pissed off right now.
Heres a list of Red Sox acquisitions during the 2009 Winter Meetings:
Signed:
pitcher Justin Duchscherer
pitcher Fabio Castro
pitcher Kason Gabbard
pitcher Scott Atchison
pitcher Boof Bonser
short stop Marco Scutaro
pitcher Ramon Ramirez (yes, we now have 2 of them on the team)
pitcher Scott Atchison
acquired via trade traded:
catcher Max Ramirez (traded for Mike Lowell huh?)
outfielder Jeremy Hermida (traded for minor league pitchers Hunter Jones and Jose Alvarez)
Last season, the Yankees got every player on their with list. They signed the three biggest free agents on the market: Mark Teixeira, C.C. Sabbathia and A.J. Burnett.
What happened to our dreams of getting Jason Bay, John Lackey, Adrian Gonzalez, and/or Miguel Cabrera?
I guess we have to settle for a at least two years of "mediocrity" in Red Sox Nation because it appears the Red Sox have conceded the AL East to the Yankees for two years and have their sights set ona 2012 World Series title.
Hang tight yall. The next two years may be painful.
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