RedmondWA

Theo, Will you ever understand that baseball is all about pitching, pitching, pitching. Or how about this one, Good pitching stops good hitting. It happens every year in the playoffs. The teams with the best pitching succeed. A team can never have enough quality pitching. The Sox are not going to make it past the Yanks this year for two reasons: Theo, 1. you gave away Arroyo and 2. you're still clinging onto Wells. The combination of the two has probably cost the Sox ten games and first place !!! If you want another outfielder, then go get him by trading another position player and not a quality pitcher! Ask the Reds if they would trade Arroyo for Pena and and you'll get nonstop laughter. Trading Arroyo proves that Theo, you don't understand baseball. Ask any team if they would trade any player for Wells and you'll get nonstop laughter. Wells is an old fat batting practice pitcher and it's embarrassing and a joke to see him on the roster as a player. Keep him as a coach or cut him. By not releasing him last year, proves that Theo, you don't understand baseball. Theo, those two ignorant decisions have probably cost us the playoffs. It's time to work your "magic" for some other team and then the Sox can hire someone who understands the importance of pitching Rich in Redmond

:thumbdown Theo, Were you braindead when you traded Arroyo for Pena? Do I need to remind you, In baseball, the number 1 priority is pitching, number 2 is defense and number 3 is hitting. A team can never have enough quality pitching!!! Arroyo was a quality pitcher as a starter or long relief. Pena is garbage. Strikes out way too much! Only sometimes, he can hit a fastball, but he'll most certainly give you a worthless strikeout if the ball has movement or is offspeed. Other GMs had to be laughing at this one. Try offering Pena to the Reds for Arroyo and they'll confirm that you were braindead when you made this trade! Pena with his ton of strikeouts won't last more than a year with the Sox. So in effect, the Sox basically just released a quality pitcher and got nothing in return. Since no GM was dumb enough to take Wells, Theo decides to keep Wells over Arroyo !!! You've got to be kidding!! Wells is a fat-over-the-hill pitcher who'll be retired next year. Arroyo will be quality pitcher for years to come! It would have been much wiser to have kept Arroyo and outright released Wells. Thanks for hearing me out, Disgusted with the Arroyo trade in Redmond, WA