by evan brunell | Jul 24, 2009 | Adam LaRoche, Kevin Youkilis, Mark Kotsay, Quick Post, Rocco Baldelli
Instead of disabling Mark Kotsay with his calf issues, the Sox have opted to waive him and his .257/.291/.324 line on the year. He just never could get in the groove. This opens up a 25-man spot for Adam LaRoche (and a 40-man spot for Chris Duncan). This leaves Rocco...
by evan brunell | Jul 24, 2009 | Dan Uggla, Mark Teahen, Miguel Tejada, Orlando Cabrera, Roy Halladay, Victor Martinez
With the acquisition of Adam LaRoche and Chris Duncan, the Red Sox have made some aggressive moves to shore up their offense. With the moves, it is likely that the Sox are done acquiring anyone who primarily plays first and left field. Thus, Ryan Spilborghs and Josh...
by evan brunell | Jul 23, 2009 | Quick Post, Trivia
Who was the first first-baseman Theo Epstein ever acquired in his tenure? (Player must have played 1B with the Sox as his main position.) HONOR CODE: No search engines, keyword searches.Check out the trivia leaderboard here. Previous trivia question: Everett Scott, a...
by evan brunell | Jul 22, 2009 | Julio Lugo, Quick Post
UPDATE: The Sox got a player to be named later too!? Wow. The Red Sox are trading shortstop Julio Lugo to the St. Louis Cardinals for Chris Duncan, Cardinals beat reporter Bernie Miklasz is reporting. Lugo gives the Cardinals some depth in the infield, as the team was...
by evan brunell | Jul 22, 2009 | Adam LaRoche, Quick Post
Theo Epstein was on a conference call today, and Extra Bases dishes by saying the LaRoche deal had been in the works for months and was not a knee-jerk reaction to the recent offensive struggles. LaRoche will not be activated until Friday (the Sox have an off-day...
