ausbacker

Napoli would be an interesting player at first. He seems to rip it up at Fenway. That said, I'd prefer to have a team of athletic freaks rather than sluggers.

resdubwhite

Is De La Rosa good enough to start next year.

I know he's just off TJ surgery.

Very quiet in the market. I hope we see something in early december to make us go Wow.

captain insano

thats not going to happen. i heard reports today the sox are closing in on johnny gomes lmao yup johnny gomes lol. world series here we come.
one more year of henry and crew and i predict they sell the team. fingers crossed.

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Sweet Chin Music33

No hes not.

.....and if Jonny Gomes is the replacement for Cody Ross, somehow.... spectacularly, we got worse than we were last year.

borg

Imagine paying $5 mill per year for Johnny effing Gomes....a jag that can't hit righties....all because he's loosy goosy in the club house. Give me $5 mill and I'll shoot golf balls out my butt in the clubhouse while singing Sweet Caroline with a KFC bucket on my head and standing on a pony keg of Old swill.
Imagine 12 months ago they had Josh Reddick on their roster on the cheap....and now the Sux are paying up for the A's platoon guy.
Remember back in the day when the Sox had at least one must see guy....a guy that you couldn't take your eyes off of....Boggs the hitting machine, Roger pre roids, Pedro, Manny....even Nomar....must see TV. Now I get to look forward to seeing which inning John Lackey implodes in ......1st or 2nd.
Can't wait to see the pitcher that Carmine spits out.....maybe a Livan Henandez or a Jamie Moyer

And here's a little nugget I poached from SOSH...
"In 3,500 career innings in the outfield, Johnny Gomes posted a UZR of -37, which translates out to -13 runs per full season. DRS rates him even worse, coming in at -50, as does Sean Smith‘s Total Zone. Gomes is basically as bad as an outfielder can possibly be while still being considered a passable part-time player at the position."

Yes....Sux rockin the off season

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resdubwhite

I'll start a collection.

will you do it for a twenty?

Bigfatcat999

Do the Red Sox have a 1B yet?

ausbacker

How about a bull pen?

Steve:Section 102

Looks like Napoli is a guy that wears down pitchers by seeing a lot of pitches. I haven't found any stats on his "pitches seen per at bat", but what I am reading, he's cut from that mold. That's good news.

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chicowalker

I found this:

"...Ross (4.26 pitches per plate appearance), Gomes (4.03) and Napoli (4.41) all rank well above the major league average of 3.82..."

Winter Meetings thoughts on Mike Napoli, Angel Pagan, R.A. Dickey - Tom Verducci - SI.com

But unless he takes to Fenway or reverts to 2011 form, he's nothing exciting and could wind up being a big disappointment -- he's a slugger who can't run, has no natural position, has never played many games (partly due to being a catcher) and is north of 30.

Fine for a stopgap signing, I suppose, as I don't think he'll be taking ABs from anybody promising? And if he's got character and work ethic (I have no idea whether this is the case), a good guy to be around any younger players who make the club.