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Author:  Dr K [ Fri Mar 20, 2009 2:53 pm ]
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http://firebrandal.com/2009/03/18/break ... -bard.html

Theo.... :(
Author:  jacobye46 [ Fri Mar 20, 2009 2:59 pm ]
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Thats a question mark but I hope Kottaras can do well, he seems comfortable at the knuckleball and has a pretty good bat. He a lefty which is good considering that Varitek is reall only affective on the right side

And welome back Dr. K, where were you anyways?
Author:  Alloutwar [ Fri Mar 20, 2009 3:17 pm ]
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Yes - I was discussing this on another board. At first I was devastated - I had hoped it would be Vtek 3 / Bard 2 games out of every 5. I was anxious to see what Bard could do.

But after reading about Kottaras being out of options - he's a decent backup, and he might really shine. He's caught Zink for years, he's a lefty, and cheaper than bard; the sox save $1.5mil by releasing Bard to go with Kottaras.

I'm not sold on it yet, but...in theo I trust.
Author:  stevenjackson39 [ Fri Mar 20, 2009 4:52 pm ]
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no offense, guys, but bard isn't that good.
they have another prospect whose name i can't remember, but he is capable of filling tek's shoes, though not to the fans.
Author:  Alloutwar [ Fri Mar 20, 2009 5:01 pm ]
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Uhm...Dusty Brown? Kottaras is a bit higher than brown. That's all we got for catchers: http://www.soxprospects.com/

Unless you're expecting the 20-year old Che Hsuan Lin of Korea to break out??

We had Kelly Shoppach, but traded him to the Indians. Another (albeit rare) bad move.

Bard is a great hitter for a catcher. He may not be phenominal defensively, or game-calling, but losing him is still a loss, when Kottaras and Brown are our two top catching prospects and neither are projected to have much upside.

But I personally think Kottaras will shine.
Author:  stevenjackson39 [ Fri Mar 20, 2009 5:05 pm ]
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yeah, one of those guys. (not the korean, the first 2)
gotta check my baseball prospectus book, too lazy to get it right now...
Author:  jacobye46 [ Fri Mar 20, 2009 5:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Sox cut Bard
We also have Mark Wagner and some other guy(alipilia, or something like that) but they are years away
Author:  DrMario [ Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:24 pm ]
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Interesting move indeed. Of course one thing I know is that Red Sox don't have good Catcher prospects.

But they have some amazing prospects in Josh Reddick, Lars Anderson, Michael Bowden to name a very few, should all have great careers.
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