Feeling Like 500 Bucks
Enjoy the moment, dear readers, your Boston Red Sox are at the .500 mark (10-10) for the first time this season.
Here's hoping they never look back.
They're celebrating by going shopping. Jayson Stark reports on possible trades:
The Sox may also be shopping Aaron Cook to other teams, but there's nothing solid on that yet. At the moment Cook seems like a better pitcher than Balfour, but there's reason to doubt either guy, so for now I'll give the front office the benefit of the doubt. They've earned it, at least half the time.
Here's hoping they never look back.
They're celebrating by going shopping. Jayson Stark reports on possible trades:
The Angels aren't the only team already wheeling their cart around The Bullpen Shoppe. Other clubs report the Red Sox are "canvassing every bullpen option out there." And as Buster Olney has reported, one potential target is current A's closer Grant Balfour.More on Mr. Balfour here. The last A's closer the Sox got, Andrew Bailey, hasn't worked out well (but he still might, when he comes back).
He's a veteran arm to put in the mix, but his stuff is not that good," said one exec. "He's not your classic slam-dunk power guy. I don't see him as a pure closer. But he'd be a better option than some of the guys they've got."
The Sox may also be shopping Aaron Cook to other teams, but there's nothing solid on that yet. At the moment Cook seems like a better pitcher than Balfour, but there's reason to doubt either guy, so for now I'll give the front office the benefit of the doubt. They've earned it, at least half the time.
