And So Here We Go Again, Perhaps
With teams as stacked as the Orioles, Yankees and Redsox, you’re bound to have some flipping and flopping. With the Sox latest win and the Yankees most recent loss, Boston finds itself back in first of the AL East. Schilling picked up his first save of the season, consequently the same day the Sox designated Alan Embree (less than 10 days before his Sox tenure is ended).
I’m hoping this win will serve as the spark-plug, and, more so, that Arroyo will have as good a second half as he had last season.
ON NOTE: Sox also acquired middle infielder Tony Graffanino from Royals. In addition, the Sox dealt Minor League right-hander Scott Cassidy to the Padres for utility outfielder Adam Hyzdu, who spent part of last season with the Red Sox.
Graffanino is hitting .298 with three homers and 18 RBIs in 191 at-bats. He also has a solid on-base percentage (.377), which fits in well with Boston’s offensive philosophy.
July 20th, 2005 at 4:03 pm
I agree, hopefully it will be a spark plug, especially after the six-run first and nine-run performance they put up today. Graffanino hit a nice double, and hopefully his performance stays constant. Do you think that the Sox will deal out Arroyo, Millar or even (god forbid) Manny? I really hope not. They do need an arm in the starting rotation, but not enough to ged rid of one of the best hitters in the league, a great dugout personality and team player, or even a pitcher who could possibly be a fantastic pitcher once he hits his prime. What do you think?
July 20th, 2005 at 4:39 pm
I enjoyed the performance today, especially well. It’s starting to look like a winning streak
I’m not so sure that the Sox will deal Arroyo or Millar, both are known to have better second halfs. Arroyo has been fairly consistent and can really get into a groove, like last year into this year (don’t forget he had a strech of about 18 games without a loss). Millar may get shipped, but not sure what teams would be interested in him. Tito puts him in the lineup (as he did last year) despite extensive slumps — how many managers/ballclubs would do that?
Manny isn’t going anywhere, probably. His price-tag is so high, the Sox would be forced to take a portion of his salary… most likely. Many clubs learned not to fork out so much doe on long-term contracts (thank goodness for Theo).
July 21st, 2005 at 5:19 pm
I agree with you, Mike, but it just seems that something drastic is going to happen to this team over the next TEN days, I just feel it in the air, I guess. Like the Nomar trade. I was shellshocked to see that happen, even though it worked out for the best, but I just know that something’s going to happen. Sometimes, I would really like to see if we can win with who we have, because those guys are all brothers in that clubhouse,
July 21st, 2005 at 5:22 pm
(continued…whoops!) and it must stink to lose brothers, you know what I mean? Ah, big business! Gotta love it!