Sox Acquire Relief Pitcher Aardsma
The announcement was made by Executive Vice President/General Manager Theo Epstein.
Aardsma, 26, has been added to Boston's major league roster, putting that list at 39 players.
Mota is a 22 year old pitcher (and converted OF), who struck out 22 in 27 2/3 IP at Lowell last season. Socolovich has struck out 90 in 115 professional innings, to go along with 55 walks. I guess the good news is that neither of these guys would come close to cracking a top 20 prospect list, but it still seems strange (at best) to be giving anything up for a guy who is unable to command the strike zone.
Well, I guess Aardsma was at one point highly-regarded, given that first-round pick status. Maybe the Sox saw a mechanical flaw they believe they can fix. We don't have a whole lot of reason, based upon last season's results, to doubt the abilities of John Farrell as a pitching coach.
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Re: Sox Acquire Relief Pitcher Aardsma
by Longsuffering on Jan 28, 2008 2:29 PM EST 0 recs
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John Farrell + change of scenery will do him good.
when he's "on" he has the stuff to be successful.
i like this trade for the sox.
by em3 on Jan 28, 2008 2:32 PM EST 0 recs
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by britsoxfan on Jan 28, 2008 2:48 PM EST 0 recs
Re: Sox Acquire Relief Pitcher Aardsma
by SoxDevil on
Jan 29, 2008 9:25 AM EST
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Look at guys who played for the Patriots or Rasheed Wallace in Detroit.
by SoxAcumen on Jan 28, 2008 5:21 PM EST 0 recs
Joba
http://mlbfleecefactor.com/2008/01/28/joba-to-open-the-season-in-the-pen/
by ET90210 on Jan 28, 2008 10:01 PM EST 0 recs
Re: Joba
by Realistic on
Jan 29, 2008 3:33 PM EST
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Joba wasn't going to be tossing 150-170 ML innings as a starter anyway, so the 60-75 he'll pitch out of the 'pen won't be that much less than he'd pitch as a starter. And there's no doubt that Joba + Mo will result in a much better record in 1-run games than Farnsworth/Hawkins + Mo would.
by Allen Chace on
Jan 29, 2008 3:48 PM EST
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