Comments on: Red Sox join the James Shields hit parade http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/07/15/red-sox-join-the-james-shields-hit-parade/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Sun, 19 May 2013 02:55:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: wendell7 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/07/15/red-sox-join-the-james-shields-hit-parade/comment-page-1/#comment-330519 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 00:32:33 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=183921#comment-330519 who got the win?

]]> By: hittfamily http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/07/15/red-sox-join-the-james-shields-hit-parade/comment-page-1/#comment-330398 Sun, 15 Jul 2012 20:45:08 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=183921#comment-330398 Beckett: 6 IP, 2 hours 42 minutes. Thank god he’s gone!

]]> By: hittfamily http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/07/15/red-sox-join-the-james-shields-hit-parade/comment-page-1/#comment-330383 Sun, 15 Jul 2012 20:24:06 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=183921#comment-330383 I think the Rays will be in the same position as the Diamondbacks are with the other Upton, in that they will want help to compete this year. A lot of that will be determined by whether Joyce and Longo return though. I’m not sure whether either Upton or Shields gets moved though. Shields has been awful the past 5-6 starts, and Upton likely won’t net enough to lose him in an already weak lineup.

I think Niemann or Davis for Ramon Hernandez is a possibility. I also think either of those for Alfonso Soriano is also a possibility.

The Rays have 2 more options on Shields, so a move in the offseason would allow the receiving team to get draft picks when/if they don’t resign Shields, so a deal doesn’t have to be done this year.

All of this relies on Longo and Joyce though. That lineup is so weak, that even with me being a Rays homer, I’m not foolish enough to think this team is going anywhere with Will Rhymes at third and Hideki Matsui DH’ing.

]]> By: Ick McWang http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/07/15/red-sox-join-the-james-shields-hit-parade/comment-page-1/#comment-330381 Sun, 15 Jul 2012 20:05:56 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=183921#comment-330381 The Rays have team options on Shields for next year, so they have the ability to sit on him if trade deadline offers aren’t to their liking. I think Upton is more likely to go as he is a free agent at the end of the year, and if they can get something better trading him than the draft pick compensation by letting him walk, I can see that happening

]]> By: hittfamily http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/07/15/red-sox-join-the-james-shields-hit-parade/comment-page-1/#comment-330379 Sun, 15 Jul 2012 20:03:12 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=183921#comment-330379 Josh Beckett has made this thing almost unwatchable. In the first inning, he threw 12 pitches in 10 minutes.

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