We could be older next year than we were in 2013. Can you imagine that?
OK, OK, I hear you: Certain money figures and circumstances can justify any acquisition. If Joe Nathan comes cheap, and without strings - yeah, maybe it makes sense. But he's coming off a great year - 43 saves - and he's way past his sell date. He's at the breakdown point, and by now, Yankee fans out to be getting tired of such players.
We cannot continue to bloat with ancient bodies always a gonad-tweak from retirement or worse - terminal mediocrity. (I'm talking to you, Ichiro.) At some point, we have to get younger. Yes, the Redsocks turned it around last year with veteran signings - that's because they dumped bad salaries on LA and kept a solid farm system. Until we start developing young players - and part of the process is showing faith in the ones we have - we will be a listless, floating blob, always chasing that last Wild Card slot - the one game season.
Who will replace Mariano? Nobody. That's who. Maybe we just have to use our best pitcher out of the bullpen for a while. Maybe we have to find somebody. This year, the Redsocks went through three closers before finding the best one in baseball, whom they're paying a pittance. Maybe nobody will replace Mo. But Joe Nathan for two years - God, maybe he'd want three - would end the competition from the git-go. We'd be paying him too much to bench. No, no, NOOOOOO....
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