Remember when the Sox dropped Jose Cruz, Jr. just 10 days after giving up two prospects to acquire him (dropped on Aug. 10)? It appears as though the Sox out-duped themselves, by giving up two more prospects to rent Mike Stanton for 4 games!!! (Give me a fucking break already!!!)
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Red Sox get Stanton for final four games
Associated Press Posted: 55 minutes ago
BOSTON (AP) - The Red Sox acquired left-hander Mike Stanton from the Washington Nationals on Thursday for right-handers Rhys Taylor and Yader Peralta. Boston's trade means Stanton could wind up pitching this weekend against his former team, the New York Yankees. If the Red Sox advance to the playoffs, Stanton would not be eligible for the postseason roster.
Stanton, who is 38, started the season with the Yankees and was cut June 30 after going 1-2 with a 7.08 ERA in 14 innings over 28 relief appearances. He signed with Washington on July 13 and went 2-1 with a 3.58 ERA in 27 2-3 innings over 30 games.
"We'd like to thank Mike for the fine job he did not only in our bullpen, but with the knowledge and leadership he shared with our young pitchers," Nationals general manager Jim Bowden said. "We are pleased to acquire two young pitchers with good arms."
Taylor, 20, was 2-2 with a 1.49 ERA in five starts and six relief appearances for the Gulf Coast League Red Sox. Peralta, 19, combined to go 2-3 with four saves and a 4.57 ERA in 27 relief appearances for Greenville, Lowell and the Gulf Coast League Red Sox.
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Oh come on Cooch! You don't think it was worth two GCL prospects for a bullpen arm for the Skanks series and a possible 1-2 game playoffs? Not to mention it's one hell of a price to pay for a scout! :)
stanton's totals with the sox:
1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0.00 ERA
definitely worth giving away two pitchers for 1 inning of work (junk time against the yanks, after wakes gave up 7 runs in 5 innings).
so, 12 pitches for 2 prospects... BWAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA
"just theo being theo."
LOL (Theo being Theo)
And to think when I criticized the "boy wonder", you jumped all over me like my next door neighbor's dog on my leg.
I concede that Theo made the best of our rotation- given what was out there in FA. But this bullpen dude...it's a cotdamn mess. Three friggin rookies in the pen down the stretch, with the "most tenured" one on the squad since July 31st.
In addition to "Rent-a-Stanton", Mantei, Delhi Halama, Remlinger, Cla Meredith for a cup o' coffee, Blaine Neal, Harville...that's some top quality dreck right there...
Luckilly, guys like Hansen, Papelbon, and possibly Delcarmen figure to be mainstays in this pen in '06. Plus with the return of Foulke (hopefully a healthy return), the pen should be much stronger next year...
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