Maybe Duncan could be the new Papi?

I like Duncan, but he had one good month where he hit a whopping 3 home runs, the same as Yadi and Barden. And this month he’s been terrible.

at least for this year. And to be honest, I think he’ll break out of it to the point where he’s at least worth having on their roster — maybe not as high of totals as before but still decent. But with that said, ANOTHER AL team probably could use a guy like Duncan. I just don’t think he’d be a big improvement for the Red Sox THIS year.

is going to need at least a year post-neck surgery to fully regain his power. Spine surgery is a bitch.

The Red Sox fans don’t strike me as the types who are willing to keep players on the field based on what they did a few years ago

Good thing the fans have no imput on what happens. Last year, Papi put up a .372 wOBA, and that was after a terribe, terrible first month. I doubt the Red Sox would trade him away after a couple of bad months.

Is one of the best pitching prospects in baseball. He’ll probably be up in the Rangers rotation soon enough. It would probably take Colby Rasmus to get him, so no, you’re not going to see him in the Cards’ organisation any time soon.

I actually kind of slightly disagree with the other posters – he’s been a career .360 wOBA hitter, including his lengthy periods of injury, and has looked OK this year. I think he’s been a bit unlucky on HR/FB too. He’s probably a better hitter than Papi at this point. However, I just don’t see them trading anything significant for what might be a marginal upgrade (and possibly not even a long-term one if Ortiz ever recovers his pop) at DH, when they already have a LF (Bay) and a couple of 1B/DH types (Youkilis is the starting 1B, he can’t move to 3B whilst Lowell’s still there, and they have Lars Anderson, who is a decent 1B prospect who might make it to the show in 2010, waiting in the wings).

I could only really see them giving up a relief pitcher or a less-than-stellar prospect, or perhaps someone like Julio Lugo (who is expensive and not much better than any of our current SS options) for Duncan. I don’t think we’re getting Masterson or Bucholz for a relatively short-term DH rental who probably isn’t even a league average DH at this point in his career.

when we had the chance. I didn’t really care for him being re-signed this past offseason because I didn’t want to see any more bad fielding (hence the 1B-only/DH-only talk) or repeats of last season. Really, I thought the only reason they resigned Dunc was b/c he was DD’s kid.