Red Sox Tidbits

[Fishercat]

OK, we're finally up (BTW, this is waruv. I figured I'd try a new name). Looks great guys. Time to christen the Sox forum with a few pre-season tidbit

1B/OF/RP David McCarty has won the 25th roster spot, and he whacked Arizona in his most recent preseason game as a showing of good faith with a great game.

Kim has been traded to Colorado for Charles Johnson (will be released), Chris Narveson (5th SP/RP prospect), and cash to even out the salaries

Opening Day is April 3rd, and it will be San Diego Padre David Wells v. Arizona Diamondback Randy Johnson.

Wakefield still looks to be hit and miss in what seems to be his last of his many years with the Sox, three good starts in the spring and two slap-arounds.

Miller and Schilling are on the DL. Schilling will be back in time to avoid John Like a Halama going into the rotation and Miller could be her in May.

Stern's on the DL, delaying his R5 decision for a while

and

Clement's looking really good as ST closes. About a K an inning with a walk a game so far, a vast improvement on the walks, and he had two great outings to finish it off.

[griffeyfan3]

hmm i didnt no they traded for johnson.

[Fishercat]

Three way deal

Arizona got: Randy Johnson
Colorado got: Shawn Green
New York got: Byung-Hyun Kim

[browntown653]

Originally Posted by Fishercat Three way deal Arizona got: Randy Johnson Colorado got: Shawn Green New York got: Byung-Hyun Kim

[griffeyfan3]

so a pretty big deal for colorado then getting a nice outfielder but loosing a good catcher

[RockSports17]

Originally Posted by griffeyfan30 so a pretty big deal for colorado then getting a nice outfielder but loosing a good catcher

huh? Fishercat was joking.

Nice deal for red Sox. Kim really isn't going to do anything....when I think of Kim, he reminds me of a Chan Ho Park. We all know how good Chan Ho Park is.....

[DirtyKash]

Jay Payton right now
batting average: .300
on-base percentage: .286

[Fishercat]

Payton has Jedi Mind Powers over Bruce Chen too.

[DirtyKash]

So I was watching last night's game between the Red Sox and Tigers and at one point, NESN popped up a stat that says that Manny Ramirez has 18 career grand slams. That totally blew my mind. If I remember correctly, Lou Gehrig is the all-time leader with 23 and second on the list is 19 I think. Manny is well on his way to breaking that record, one of the more underrated records too, if I might add.

Also, Ramirez is at 397 career homeruns. He's closing in on 500 too.

[Fishercat]

Yeah, Manny has the knack of getting up with the bases loaded and actually hitting a grand slam. He's tied or above the active leaders.