Wednesday, July 23, 2003
WHEELING AND DEALING
Lots of moves went down yesterday, two of which have an effect on the Sox. Sox get lefty Suaerback. Impossible to spell or hit...I hope. We gave up Lyon who really fell off a cliff after Kim was named closer. We also gave up Anastacio "no relation to Pedro" Martinez and received a minor league lefty in Mike Gonzalez, Sauerback really solidifies the bullpen. I must say that Theo has done a sensation job at patching up the pen. Here's a comparison of the pen opeing day and today:
Role-Opening Day-Today
Closer-Lyon-Kim
Set-Up 1-Timlin-Jones
Set-Up 2-Embree-Timlin
Set-Up 3-Fox-Embree
Set-Up 4-Mendoza-Fox
Lefty Specialist-none-Sauerback
Long Releif-none-Fossum
Crap Releif-Howry, Woodard-none
A much better bullpen.
The Y*nkees got Jesse Orosco. Wow, talk about desperate! Orosco, 46, is quatrogenerian (40 year old) #3 on the Y*nkee roster. I think if you compare the Sox moves to the Y*nkees ones, we've improved our team much more. Here are the in-season Major League acquisitions of both teams:
Boston:
RP/SP - Bruce Chen - didn't work out, failed attempt to renovate the bullpen, Chen really wasn't given a chance, though.
RP - Rudy Seanez - didn't work at all
RP/SP/CP - BH Kim - truly a stunning deal, best deal by any team thus far
1B/OF/DH - Gabe Kapler - great deal, be even better if Grady actually played him
RP - Todd Jones - another free pick-up, could be a very good 7th or 8th inning man in front of Kim, can close if Kim goes back to rotation
RP - Scott Sauerbeck - time will tell on this one, we needed a lefty specialist though, especially against the Y*nkees
Y*nkees:
OF/DH - Ruben Sierra - bluh?
RP - Dan Micili - not too good
OF - Karim Garcia - 4th OFer
CP - Armando Benitez - HA! real clutch
RP - Jesse Orosco - I guess they felt they needed experience and age, bought Orosco
Theo has done a great job, but two guys slipped through our fingers that could have helped us. Rod Beck is 10 for 10 in save opportunities. The pen has been markedly renovated so the only player he could possibly usurp would be Fox. Also, Rickey Henderson is better than Jeremy Giambi at everything. Why does Giambi still have a roster spot?
I updated my Red Sox Nicknames page and my non-Sox related GeoCities site.
We won't be seeing 1998 AL Rookie of the Year Ben Grieve in this series against the Devil Rays. He's getting a rib removed. Why? The D-Rays claim it is part of some sort of blood clot nerve thingy. I think I know the real reason. Ben's wife or girlfriend might not be willing to go down on him and he might wanna do it himself. I heard that having one less rib allows you to do that. I dunno, I'll ask Ryan Rupe if that's the case.
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Lots of moves went down yesterday, two of which have an effect on the Sox. Sox get lefty Suaerback. Impossible to spell or hit...I hope. We gave up Lyon who really fell off a cliff after Kim was named closer. We also gave up Anastacio "no relation to Pedro" Martinez and received a minor league lefty in Mike Gonzalez, Sauerback really solidifies the bullpen. I must say that Theo has done a sensation job at patching up the pen. Here's a comparison of the pen opeing day and today:
Role-Opening Day-Today
Closer-Lyon-Kim
Set-Up 1-Timlin-Jones
Set-Up 2-Embree-Timlin
Set-Up 3-Fox-Embree
Set-Up 4-Mendoza-Fox
Lefty Specialist-none-Sauerback
Long Releif-none-Fossum
Crap Releif-Howry, Woodard-none
A much better bullpen.
The Y*nkees got Jesse Orosco. Wow, talk about desperate! Orosco, 46, is quatrogenerian (40 year old) #3 on the Y*nkee roster. I think if you compare the Sox moves to the Y*nkees ones, we've improved our team much more. Here are the in-season Major League acquisitions of both teams:
Boston:
RP/SP - Bruce Chen - didn't work out, failed attempt to renovate the bullpen, Chen really wasn't given a chance, though.
RP - Rudy Seanez - didn't work at all
RP/SP/CP - BH Kim - truly a stunning deal, best deal by any team thus far
1B/OF/DH - Gabe Kapler - great deal, be even better if Grady actually played him
RP - Todd Jones - another free pick-up, could be a very good 7th or 8th inning man in front of Kim, can close if Kim goes back to rotation
RP - Scott Sauerbeck - time will tell on this one, we needed a lefty specialist though, especially against the Y*nkees
Y*nkees:
OF/DH - Ruben Sierra - bluh?
RP - Dan Micili - not too good
OF - Karim Garcia - 4th OFer
CP - Armando Benitez - HA! real clutch
RP - Jesse Orosco - I guess they felt they needed experience and age, bought Orosco
Theo has done a great job, but two guys slipped through our fingers that could have helped us. Rod Beck is 10 for 10 in save opportunities. The pen has been markedly renovated so the only player he could possibly usurp would be Fox. Also, Rickey Henderson is better than Jeremy Giambi at everything. Why does Giambi still have a roster spot?
I updated my Red Sox Nicknames page and my non-Sox related GeoCities site.
We won't be seeing 1998 AL Rookie of the Year Ben Grieve in this series against the Devil Rays. He's getting a rib removed. Why? The D-Rays claim it is part of some sort of blood clot nerve thingy. I think I know the real reason. Ben's wife or girlfriend might not be willing to go down on him and he might wanna do it himself. I heard that having one less rib allows you to do that. I dunno, I'll ask Ryan Rupe if that's the case.
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