Red Sox contingent pushing for Ellsbury's exit

QUOTE(#1):

Originally posted 10:00 AM ET  08.05 by jgb

trade him-good player- but the guy is ALWAYS hurtcan't give a guy thats always on the DL a massive long term contract

Agree wholeheartedly. He is pretty much the only guy worth anything on our worthless team.

QUOTE(#2):

Originally posted 10:06 AM ET  08.05 by dkredsox1

Agree wholeheartedly. He is pretty much the only guy worth anything on our worthless team.

so true!! this team has really been run into a deep ditch.

I like the line about needing to put up big numbers in 2013 "and he knows it," implying that he has chosen to be injured and can just choose to not be injured next year. They used to call that "yellow dog journalism," but I think we just call it "Boston Herald journalism" these days. Means the same thing.

QUOTE(#1):

Originally posted 10:00 AM ET  08.05 by jgb

trade him-good player- but the guy is ALWAYS hurtcan't give a guy thats always on the DL a massive long term contract

Won't get much for him....as everyone is saying he's always hurt....and who's to say he wants a long term deal...if he's smart he should be looking for a nice 2 year deal with an option ..stay healthy put up numbers then go for the long term big money deal......Sox IMO are better off holding on to him for another year or two....

QUOTE(#7):

Originally posted 11:23 AM ET  08.05 by jgb

borass clients sign big/long dealssome team will overpay for his service and then whine when he isbroken in year one and then blame the yankees cause they drove up the price

The only team I can see doing that is the Red Sox......:)

You know someone wants him

Would realy love to see him stay but, his health and Borass makes it real tough.

The RedSox owners need to Sell players and do what ever they need to rise cash flow to pour into my Liverpool FC. That Andy Carrol deal was Bustation. Maybe they can get Robin Van Persie?

I think Ellsbury has been unfairly tagged with the "always hurt" label. He's had two major periods missed due to injuries; in one he was crashed into by Adrian Beltre which is about as close to getting blindsided by an NFL strong safety as you can get. In the other he had a 190-lb shortstop come down on his shoulder while his arm was extended. Both situations could rightly be classified much more as "unfortunate" "unlucky" than "oft-injured" or worse, "brittle." I'd be more leery of the guy who spends 2 to 3 trips on the 15-day DL on an annual basis than Jacoby Ellsbury. I don't doubt that many GM's out there see it the same way I do.

QUOTE(#7):

Originally posted 11:23 AM ET  08.05 by jgb

borass clients sign big/long dealssome team will overpay for his service and then whine when he isbroken in year one and then blame the yankees cause they drove up the price

The Yankees, Red Sox and Phillies are largely to blame for the majority of long term, overpriced contracts.

the problem is, Boras will not let Ellsbury sign a contract, either renew or an extension with a new team, until he is a free agent, as thats his shtick with all past soon-to-be-free agents to get top dollar.

So any team looking to obtain him is looking at a one year rental, the pleasure of dealing with Boras if they want to extend him, and about 50-80 million dollars more than whats 'reasonable'. You can also see Boras' spin already: 'best OF since griffey, more power than god, blah blah blah....starting price is 23 million per year. Yankees/Mets your on the clock....

QUOTE(#13):

Originally posted 01:20 PM ET  08.05 by Sci4Sox

I think Ellsbury has been unfairly tagged with the "always hurt" label. He's had two major periods missed due to injuries; in one he was crashed into by Adrian Beltre which is about as close to getting blindsided by an NFL strong safety as you can get. In the other he had a 190-lb shortstop come down on his shoulder while his arm was extended. Both situations could rightly be classified much more as "unfortunate" "unlucky" than "oft-injured" or worse, "brittle." I'd be more leery of the guy who spends 2 to 3 trips on the 15-day DL on an annual basis than Jacoby Ellsbury. I don't doubt that many GM's out there see it the same way I do.

Concur. Well stated.

QUOTE(#15):

Originally posted 03:04 PM ET  08.05 by mulzi

the problem is, Boras will not let Ellsbury sign a contract, either renew or an extension with a new team, until he is a free agent, as thats his shtick with all past soon-to-be-free agents to get top dollar.So any team looking to obtain him is looking at a one year rental, the pleasure of dealing with Boras if they want to extend him, and about 50-80 million dollars more than whats 'reasonable'. You can also see Boras' spin already: 'best OF since griffey, more power than god, blah blah blah....starting price is 23 million per year. Yankees/Mets your on the clock....

Interesting, I didn't realize his injuries were the result of collisions.

QUOTE(#18):

Originally posted 04:17 PM ET  08.05 by Traded to Seattle

Interesting, I didn't realize his injuries were the result of collisions.

oops, attached that to the wrong quote--meant to quote #13 Sci4Sox.

The kid's great WHEN he's healthy so chew and gnaw on what he's worth all you want but
don't see a huge number extended for GLASS.....