The Sox couldn't have expected Paps to become the lights out closer, Wells to get injured, and Clement to get injured. Arroyo would have been in the bullpen this year before the injuries. At the time the deal made a lot of sense, obviously now with 2 SPers down and one converted to the closer the Sox could use another SP.
really??
then someone shouldve been fired cause stevie wonder saw this coming
wells had knee surgery in the off season and asked out of boston every chance he got
he was bloated,injured,disenchanted old and wanted out yet the front office counted on him??
clement sucked from the allstar game on,not just after he took the liner off the head
a 4 at best
foulke was awful and injured last season
it was evident to everyone who watched the radar gun he had nothing left in the tank
and this is with schilling coming off ankle surgery and josh beckett winning more than 9 games 1time in his career
you cant run a baseball team on hope and history and you never ever ever trade 200inning pitchers for a guy who will shatter the strike out record if given the chance
we had 100 guys like wily mo over the years
sam horn
phil plantier
larry parrish
tony armas
jack clark
dick stewart etc....all these guys hit for big time power but i still wouldnt give up a 35 game starter for any of them,especially in this day and age