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Casey Kelly to pitch full time
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Posts: 2498 12/07/09 5:22 PM Chris Mellen
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804Sox wrote: Sounds like a productive meeting. |
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Posts: 7284 12/07/09 5:32 PM Mike Andrews |
Edes writes that Kelly could pitch in the high minors in 2010.
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Posts: 1453 12/07/09 5:39 PM |
soxprospects wrote: Wow, Edes is brilliant. Let's make the bold claim that someone who made High A look easy at 19 YO could pitch in the high minors in 2010.
I am speechless. ...this site is not intended to be a place where you post every ridiculous and half-formed thought that comes into your head.
... You should post less. - AMarshal2
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Posts: 226 12/07/09 5:39 PM |
Its fantastic that he was given the choice and chose to be a SP (according to Amelie). Good leaders let people make the right decisions, while being a bit of a
noodge here and there.
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Posts: 7287 12/07/09 5:42 PM Mike Andrews |
raftsox wrote: He's actually passing along a quote from Theo, which to me draws some question whether Theo means that Kelly could start 2010 in Double-A. |
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Posts: 15597 12/07/09 5:42 PM Jonathan |
He made the right decision here. He was on the fast track to the big leagues had he become a full time pitcher and he chose the right path. Good for him.
I'll be there, watching the Sox representation of mid-rotation starters. -TheGoldenGreek33 on Casey Kelly
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Posts: 18 12/07/09 5:54 PM |
joshv02 wrote: Indeed. The risk of letting him choose what he wanted to do pays off in having it be his choice. I somehow doubt Theo & co. would really let him be a full-time shortstop, but exchanging only a season or a half-season of potential pitching time is a fair deal. |
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Hairps |
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Posts: 2037 12/07/09 6:12 PM Veteran Member |
TheGoldenGreek33 wrote: I doubt that.
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Posts: 81 12/07/09 6:12 PM |
THANK THE LORD! Alright... we have all the pitching prospects we could ever need so I hope that this past years draft will produce some major league bats.
Thank you Casey for making the right decision; with a little push from upper management, that is.
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Very glad to see Casey made this choice, it was almost a no-brainer and he now may be off the table in trade talks. Glad Casey was the one to reach this
decision instead of having it thrust upon him.
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Posts: 13 12/07/09 6:18 PM |
raftsox wrote: This. Kelly could start in AA. But, either way, he'll finish in at least AA in 2010. |
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BriantheTaoist |
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Posts: 1744 12/07/09 6:19 PM |
Seems like a mature kid. It appears that he would rather play every day, but realizes that's not really the right decision, so he went the other way and
did what looks best for his long-term future.
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hletterhart |
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Posts: 14 12/07/09 6:21 PM |
BriantheTaoist wrote: I don't think he had much of a say in the matter, but I could be wrong. |
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left coast bosox fan |
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Posts: 3468 12/07/09 6:32 PM Veteran Member |
Nobody outside of the room knows what happened and there's a lot of speculation here. Let's all just assume Casey begged Theo to pitch and Theo
acquiesced. Life is so much simpler that way.
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templeUsox |
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Posts: 15106 12/07/09 6:35 PM
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The Casey Kelly news cycle is hard to keep up with. Are we still mad at him for something he never did or have we moved on?
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Bury the Hammer |
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Posts: 604 12/07/09 6:41 PM Veteran Member |
I'm mad at him for being so damn handsome.
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jbg3004 |
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Posts: 261 12/07/09 7:11 PM |
Now that Casey Kelly has decided to pitch fulltime, his trade value has had to increase substantially.
The question is now that Kelly decided on pitching, does this increase the chances that he will be traded? Or does Theo now consider him even more untouchable since the Red Sox are getting what they want? Recently I was all right with trading him with his future position in question, but now that he has decided to pitch full time I think we should make him and Westmoreland untouchable. I could see Kelly having a career like Tim Hudson. 
If you can't beat them, arrange to have them beaten
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Posts: 102 12/07/09 7:18 PM |
Our long National nightmare has finally ended.
Does this mean Theo can't deal this guy now in a package for Josh Johnson, Roy Halladay or Felix Hernandez? Even more of an opportunity to maximize the hype because now he can be sold as "committed to pitching." Don't get me wrong - he seems like a great prospect, but the #2 at best ceiling has me thinking if you can use him and a couple (for Halladay) or four to five (Johnson, Felix) other minor league chips to get a #1 leverage may never be higher. |
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Posts: 3076 12/07/09 7:20 PM |
I don't think Theo was going to trade him right now for Halladay anyway. This whole SS thing was never much of a concern for me, he needs to be stretched
out this year so it's good we don't have to worry about this whole hitting thing. In the end, he had to realize he'd make a lot more money as a
pitcher.
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