but I’ll help you anyway. First of all, the Red Sox didn’t get Martinez for Masterson. They got him for Masterson and two high ceiling minor league starters, one of which was number three on Baseball America’s top prospects list for the Red Sox. Masterson had one bad stretch this year and that accounts for his inflated ERA and WHIP. He is a young lively arm that will be a starter for Cleveland.

On to Pedroia. The 17 homers and 83 RBIs were gravy on top of the year he had. He was in the top three in hits, runs, average, doubles, won a gold glove, stole 20 bases and also hit homers and drove in runs. I know that you know, that is if you’re an educated baseball fan, that home runs and RBIs are not the most indicative statistics of a players worth. Try OBP and OPS.

Now for Tim Wakefield. He was the Red Sox savior for the first month of the year. They might be 8 games out if it weren’t for him. They started the year 2-6, and he came out the next day and almost threw a no-hitter. Beckett, Lester, Penny, and Matsuzaka all sucked for the first month or two, every one of them. But they stayed in contention for two reasons: the bullpen, and Tim Wakefield. Toss in the fact that he was leading the league in wins and he’s an allstar. his era is inflated because when he has a bad start, its usually like 7 runs in four innings, and then he goes right back to five straight quality starts.

You also said that it seems like every red sox prospect is a can’t miss. Well look at their team. Ellsbury, Pedroia, Buchholz, Youkilis, Papelbon, Lester, Bard, Lowrie, and until recently Masterson were all products of their farm system. And it doesn’t stop there. Their double A team would wipe the floor with the whole NL East (except for the Phillies). That’s why every red sox prospect is a can’t miss. because they normally don’t miss. And of course they can resolve their issues from within, they do all the time.

I don’t expect a response because there isn’t a good one.

Come on relax and take a deep breath. Masterson is not the pitcher with the highest upside in that trade. The southpaw that Boston gave Cleveland is. Personally I would compare Hagadone favorably with any left handed pitching prospect in the minors. He was Boston’s third highest ranked prospect- that is higher than Bard, Kelly and Westmoreland.

 Masterson is at worst a number 3 rotation guy as early as next year. Cleveland had picked up a solid major league catcher(Marson) from Philadelphia and they have Carlos Santana on the way. They were a bottom feeding team with Lee and Martinez. Today they have picked up seven highly rated prospects.

They don’t need Martinez but they made Boston pay dearly for him..

Cleveland despite the whining of their fans did well yesterday.

The fact that Boston and Philadelphia did well is just life.

I hate the deal. VMart doesn’t play much catcher, isnt very good at it when he does, has a 700OPS hitting when he catches, is only marginally better than LaRoche offensively (118OPS+ vs 113OPS+ career), is older and more expensive than LaRoche, is worse defensively at first. It creates a clusterf**k at first, and we gave up guys that were first and second round picks to do it. Masterson has very good secondary pitching #s and is at least a decent back end guy, and Hagadone has huge upside, was our #6 prospect, and was a first round pick. Just because you have not heard of him, and he had TJ surgery, does not mean he wont be an impact player. Bad and unnecessary move by Epstein.

and VMart is in a slump now that rivals Papi’s early this season before his shipment arrived.

=stupid. Fear does not score runs. But since you say:
LaRoche-max HRs=32, career slugging=486, career ISO=.217.
VMart-max HRs=25, career slugging 463, career ISO=.166.

Unless walking more make you more feared (not to say it is not important) than LaRoche should be feared more. Look at the difference in ISO-he is MUCH more powerful. VMart is a good hitter for a catcher, but he is NOT our catcher, and is not a great hitter for a 1b.

You think this trade was made because the casual Sox fans said so?

oh you want Roy Halladay surreeee you can have him for Mark Teahan & Brian Bannister oh its the Phillies sure you want the AL Cy Young award winner ..>TAKKKE HIM for a bag of peanuts … the Red Sox ohhhh that loveble hardworking blue collar team with that gritty unpretentious fan base that sings Sweet Caroline you can have Vmart for some tickets behind the Green Monster… what a bunch of Bulll … !! I still wonder how in this country how with 2 wars going on ..the economy in shambles …Bud Selig was able to appoint a Senator from Maine who SITS on the BOARD OF DIRECTORS for the SAWX to lead an investigation on steroid use in baseball and THEN the only people who get leaked out up until recently are prominent names from NY …By the way you want Marc Scuttaro … WE WILL Take JOBA AND HUGHES and why dont you throw in CANO for good measure .. such BULL S&(@T ..