Dear Yankees and Red Sox

[thegreycat]

Cashman and Epstein, you guys are bonkers. I don't care how great you think Phil Hughes, Ian Kennedy, Clay Buchholz, or Jon Lester is going to be, none of them are likely to so much as carry Johan Santana's backpack in 2008. For every can't-miss prospect of the last 10 years, I'll show you another 10 guys who got hurt and never became better than

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[ploaf]

You gotta use those guys to illustrate your point, huh? Ouch. You couldn't go with Steve Avery? Or Carl Pavano? Or A.J. Burnett? Or any of those guys. You had to go with Prior and Wood. Damn you, Faris! We still have those guys on our roster.

[thegreycat]

Maybe this will be their year. I mean, the Phillies and Cubs did both make the playoffs, so something strange is goin' on out there.

[ploaf]

Yeah, in the words of Bill & Ted, "strange things are afoot at the Circle K."