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It is 50/50 whether Marte is ever as good as Renteria.

fair enough. however there is also a decent chance he will be better and a chance he will be scott rolenesque.

The Red Sox have a player that should be better than average at third base (Lowell).

defensively, yes. his offense is a MAJOR question mark though. again, moving to 1B is something older players do ALL THE TIME. the red sox can also afford to sit lowell and use him as a backup.

This deal basically reverses the value added from the Beckett deal.

how so? the value of the beckett deal is josh beckett. mike lowell HAD to be taken, or there would be no deal.

ok, lets break this down one LAST time!

renteria was overpaid on his current contract. the braves get him at a reduced rate that makes him worht his contract. it in essence costs the red sox 8 million to do this. in return, they get the NUMBER ONE PROSPECT IN BASEBALL according to baseball prospectus and control his rights for SIX YEARS. they project him to have multiple seasons like beltre of 04. sure he may not get there, however if he does, then this deal is a MAJOR COUP. as it stands right now its a small gamble on thr part of the red sox. OMG, please dont say "lowell is at thrid, hes blocked" THEY CONTROL THE GUY FOR SIX YEARS! teams stay great by having great players under cheap contracts (see, braves, atlanta) renteria, while a proven SS, has not been among the elite SS in thr game for two seasons now. whats going to stop thge red sox from either signing an alex gonzalez or just going with joey cora and pedroia? lol, they certainly dont need the offense.


You sound rude. How old are you? There was a time in my adult life that I thought batting average, defense, and speed didn't mean anything.


i am 26 and not rude. you are the rude one, by coming on and make posts about this deal and that deal are terrible, when you have no evidence but your own misguided opinion to back it up. if it sounds rude when i tear your arguments to shreads, i apologize. however, you are so wrong (especially on the soriano deal) that its laughable.

batting average defense and speed? who are you talking about here? soriano? his defense sucks and his 'speed' is barely above break even.