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According to a report by the Herald's Scott Lauber, the Red Sox are close to signing outfielder Jonny Gomes to a two-year deal. This may be a back-up plan to re-signing Cody Ross. If so, it is a woeful substitute. Gomes, who turns 32 tomorrow, is a career .244 hitter over 10 seasons in the bigs. His career .334 OBP is underwhelming as well—although last year he posted an on-base percentage of .377 (in 99 games for the AL West Champion Oakland A's). This just doesn't seem like the quality, "disciplined" signing we need to get competitive in the AL East.
I can't figure out if you're truly ignorant about the game or you just like to whine to try and get a reaction out of readers. Gomes is a part-time player and he knows that's his role. He killed left-handed pitching last year. And the guy is a winner - I think he made it to the postseason the past 3 teams he played on. Teams like him because he's a good presence in the clubhouse.
ReplyDeleteOnce again, Anonymous, thank you for your kind comments. If Gomes is purely a back-up or platoon with Nava/Kalish, it's an OK deal. But is that really a desireous situation? Gomes is a decent extra piece on a championship team. As of T-Day, we don't have anything CLOSE to a championship team. Obviously, there is plenty of time left this offseason, but the pool of candidates grows smaller by the day. And, by the way, I think "whining" is appropriate from time to time—like when your team goes 3 straight years missing the post-season (and faces a likely fourth).
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