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johnsilver
The potential is there to have one of the finest catching duos in years in Swihart-Vazquez combo, should Boston just please hold onto both of them and not trade away either for several years. Even Vazquez still has 5y of team control left.
Organization has plenty of other options within to move. I say hold onto both catchers for now and a couple of years. They are harder to develop now than starting pitchers and Boston has 2 outstanding ones.
thecoffinnail
Agreed.. Hold onto both of them for at least another year or 2.. If Swihart turns into the everyday beast that most scouts are predicting him to be, then trade Vazquez.. For now, leave them alone..
start_wearing_purple
I don’t exactly see it the same way, but I think getting rid of either of them at this point would be a mistake. Vazquez showed signs of being a great defensive catcher last year but Swihart showed in the second half that he’s ready to be a big league catcher. Unless one of them can be used to get a front line pitcher then keep them both. ST will show who on the pitching staff will work best with what catcher.
bradthebluefish
“Vazquez showed signs of being a great defensive catcher last year but Swihart showed in the second half that he’s ready to be a big league catcher.”
You are exactly right, and that is why I am in favor of having both catchers on the Red Sox for one more season to see who should stay and who should be traded – at least until the summer trade deadline.
Jeff Hill 2
Yep no reason to get rid of either one of them right now. Most teams don’t trade a frontline starter for a package headlined by a catcher that is coming off TJS. And Swihart has looked pretty good for a kid that wasn’t supposed to debut until September this year.
jtt11 2
Well Seattle did trade Pineda for montero… But montero wasn’t coming off tjs but was diagnosed with chronic bad attitude laziness disease.
Jeff Hill 2
I wouldn’t consider Pineda a frontline #1 guy at that time or now even.
Rooster
Can’t wait to see what DD and group can do with those two awful contracts. Panda and Hanley sank this team this year. What a different team when they weren’t in the lineup. Not exactly what you want out of your high priced talent.
Eric D.
Somehow I doubt Boston will be able to find a team willing to take even just one of Ramirez and Sandoval. I hope they will, but if not I say just swallow the pride (and the money,) and cut them from the team.