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The central problem for any business, according to Cherington, was to understand the “fussy and troublesome ideas” that consumers had about particular products.

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"There have been very recent examples of teams that looked like they were going to be struggling for depth at this point in the offseason and found some ways to put it together and did a good job buying low on some guys and they figured it out," Cherington said.

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"I don't think we know him well enough yet," Cherington said.

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The Boston Red Sox will fly their top brass, including GM Ben Cherington, down to the Dominican this weekend for a private workout with Cespedes—but they too are skeptical about his major-league readiness.

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Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington said: He's managed for parts of 15 seasons in the big leagues and been to a World Series and won a championship in Japan.

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But when the investment's higher, teams are going to look for ways to be more accurate in projecting performance from Japan to the big leagues, Cherington said.

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The Red Sox learned a great deal from their experiences with Matsuzaka and with other Japanese players, and general manager Ben Cherington acknowledged that the team has continued to seek better and more complete ways to evaluate how Japanese pitchers will transition to MLB.

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Then there are the Red Sox, with top-tier talent at the front of the rotation in Beckett, Lester, and Buchholz, but uncertainty beyond that, acknowledged general manager Ben Cherington.

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"I think if a team is considering a significant investment in a Japanese player, they're going to do whatever they can, a lot of work, to drill down what is going to transfer from Japan to the States, and what isn't," Cherington said.

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Ultimately the answer will be written on the field, Cherington said.

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