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Other Discussions => Other / General Sports => Red Sox / MLB => Topic started by: AB_Celtic on December 06, 2012, 03:07:00 PM
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http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story/_/id/8721082/koji-uehara-boston-red-sox-agree-one-year-contract-source?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
IMO, this is our smartest signing of the offseason, as long as the money is right.
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It's nice, I guess, but a one year deal for a 37 year old reliever . . . I can't say anything bad about it, but it's just a little bit odd to make that signing right now because it seems pretty low priority.
Unless the Red Sox are planning something a lot bigger than they're letting on, this next season isn't going to mean much other than winning back some fans by putting a more likable team on the field. So whether or not we have one of the better middle relievers in the league locked up on a one year deal doesn't seem like it will make a difference.
It doesn't even fill a really pressing need, the way that signing an older yet solid starting pitcher to a one year deal would (e.g. signing a guy like Kuroda, Haren, or Dempster).
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We needed reliever help, this is a good deal. I don't think it makes us a contender though.