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Red Sox face offseason of transition
If not, they will move on. "We really want Jason Bay to be a member of the Red Sox and Jason Bay really wants to be a member of the Boston Red Sox ... We’ll just rely on those two strong elements of a deal and talk again and see if we can work something out." Given that the team did not hit on its gambles for buy-low free agent gambles such as John Smoltz and Brad Penny does not mean that Epstein will not pursue the same tack this offseason. Full Article at Boston HeraldWe really want Jason Bay to be a member of the Red Sox and Jason Bay really wants to be a member of the Boston Red Sox ... We’ll just rely on those two strong elements of a deal and talk again and see if we can work something out.
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Red Sox face offseason of transition
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We’ll continue to nurture and develop what I think is going to be elite talent that’s a couple of years away while we try to transition without anybody noticing
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I think we have a nice set of about 10 prime or preprime players we are going to build around and eventually we’ll get more ... Whether that happens this winter or subsequent winters or when that group of really talented 18- to 20-year-olds is ready, that remains to be seen. We’re open to all possibilit...
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Sometimes you wind up with more status quo than you want ... If that’s the case, if we look back three or four months from now and say ‘Wow, there weren’t major changes,’ then I think next year will be perhaps the last year of this main group of players. We have a lot of players going into contract year...
SOURCE: Boston Herald
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