The rumors of the day

[yawkeyway]

From: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/gammons/story?id=1803754

 

The Red Sox expect Nomar back in the first 10 days of June, but are considering the overtures of Ricky Gutierrez's agent to sign him as a short-term alternative to Cesar Crespo, and a long-term answer as a utility infielder.

 

Casey Fossum came back from the DL this week to the Diamondbacks' rotation, and this year has allowed some adjustments in his delivery to create better angle for his fastball and premium curveball, adjustments he didn't make in Boston.

(wouldn't it be a shame if Fossum really developed well).

 

That's not to say that Boston isn't interested in trading for and signing Garcia, with Pedro Martinez and Derek Lowe potential free agents. They also have talked to the Rockies about Jason Jennings, who needs to get away from Coors Lite.

 

 

But the Red Sox could not move Byung-Hyun Kim, as hard as they tried. The only quasi-offer was Dodgers OF Juan Encarnacion. Oakland and Cleveland gave flat rejections. So, while some in the organization just want Kim gone and feel he cannot pitch in Boston -- a feeling echoed by his agents -- Theo Epstein prefers to allow Kim to go to Pawtucket, work in two-inning stints and try to rediscover his lost velocity using his own program. That way, Kim might have better value, or even be able to help the Red Sox's bullpen. "The Diamondbacks are shopping Shea Hillenbrand everywhere," says one GM. "How about Kim for Hillenbrand. Or Kim for [Jose] Contreras?"

 

So they tried to shop Kim out and got no answers, lol. That's why he's in AAA right now I guess. It makes sense. Get his value up for a trade or get his skill up to help us.

[roary]

Reading that thing on Casey Fossum reminds me of his ridiculously breaking curveball. That thing was crazy. I have to check him out now to see if he's improved. I always liked that guy.

[yagmaster]

I guess I liked him too, but he was definitely worth trading for Colon (which we should have done) and he wasn't proving himself at all. He proved very hittable, and he wasn't very good against righties. As a lefthanded specialist out of the bullpen, he could be valuable. He is not, however, the ace starting pitcher that we Bostonians overvalued him as.

[yeszir]

You mean, you want this Colon on your team?:

 2004	ANA	8	8	4	2	0	0	0	49.0	50	29	25	9	16	37	4.59	1.35	.265	

 

I don't know about you, but a 4.6 ERA and a 1.35 whip isn't too appealing to me.