Thursday, June 30, 2005

Sox Earn Another Sweep

Freddy Garcia dominated the Tigers this afternoon, throwing a complete game as the Sox won 6-1. Garcia had retired 14 in a row at one point in the game and I believe retired 23 out of the final 25 batters in the game. He finished with 8K's and surrendered 1 run on 5 hits.
The offense was dormant against the Tigers starter Mike Maroth up until the 5th inning when Joe Crede touched him up for a 3R HR to put the Sox on top 3-1. Everett followed the next inning with a 2R shot of his own on the first pitch he saw from Maroth in the AB.

The Rumor Mill: San Fran had their scouts at last nights game in Detroit, most likely taking a look at McCarthy. Sox scouts were reportedly at a Giants game last week, at a game in which their ace, Jason Schmidt, started. Schmidt has battled arm problems in recent seasons with frequent trips to the DL since winning the Cy Young Award a few years back. The Giants are supposedly asking too much for the Sox to part with, which could be great or terrible news. Hopefully whatever they are asking is too much for KW to stomach giving up, and he stays away. Worst case scenario, he pulls the trigger and sends McCarthy, a reliever, possibly Vizciano, and probably a top-tier minor leaguer such as Anderson or Sweeney to the Giants.
McCarthy is still a bit too raw for the majors, so I can understand the idea being considered if they don't think Duque will get better soon. The problem I have is with this is that the Sox can't afford to part with much more young talent. Their system is already rather depleted, especially in pitching. Why give up what could be huge pieces of your future for a guy who would become a free agent after his $10.5M option next season? On top of that, he's no better bet than Duque to stay off the DL. All around, this just seems like a bad idea.
I recently decided that I think KW should just ride with who he has and let the chips fall where they may. The players that the Sox already have still own the best record in baseball nearly 1/2 way through the season. Why try to fix what isn't broke? I'll take a .250 avg with 15-20 HR and 70RBI from guys like Crede, Uribe and Dye if they keep playing defense the way that they have. If the Sox do anything, I think they should just add a solid bat to the bench (ie replace Timo), or maybe pick-up one more good arm for an already strong bullpen.

1 Comments:

At 7/01/2005 9:34 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

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