A LOOGY is going get a bullpen job and either Borchard or Gload won't be with the Sox after Spring Training. I'm guessing Gload is gone (in which case I wish him good luck, it always looked to me like he could hit).

I don't really like the deal, just from a roster structure point of view. What's the point of having both Ozuna and Cintron?

I hope we got the 2003 version.

I'm glad that Bajenaru was traded for his sake. He's a really great guy, and deserves to get more than a cursory look at the big leagues. Right now, it appears that he is lacking something between the ears that is required of most major league pitchers. A better fastball would help too.

I watched part of the Puerto Rico-Panama game this morning at 2AM. Jose Valentin got the start at SS in what I think was an honorary gesture. After and inning, he moved to third and Cintron moved to short, where they would each spend the rest of the game. I was remembering near the trade deadline last year when Cintron was one of the utility guys that I thought the Sox should be targeting.

He's a solid enough back-up, but I can't really figure this move out. As many of you have noted, it likely spells the end for either Gload or Borchard -- It probably wouldn't be hard to trade either of them before the end of Spring either -- It could also be the end of Pablo Ozuna, whose primary job was as a back-up SS. He was the primary back-up at 3B last season also. With Mackowiak and Cintron now on board, I would argue that it's Pablo, not Gload or Borchard, whose time on the Southside has come to an end.

Frank Thomas would be pissed about this trade. Damn Kenny bringing in too many guys.

Reason being is that I'd say Thome, Crede, Dye, and Podsednik to be most likely candidates to miss games over the course of the season.  Ozuna would be at best my third choice to fill in for any of these players.  Gload would be my first choice to replace Thome (actually I'd put PK at DH then Gload at 1B), who I figure to get the fewest AB's out of our starters.  This would allow Mack the freedom to still spell Crede and Anderson against tough righties.

The only other dynamic I can see hurting us with the absence of Ozuna is in pinch-running.  From what I've read so far, Cintron has at least slightly above average speed so I'm willing to sacrifice whatever is lost in the downgrade from Ozuna to Cintron in the pinch-running department.

Buerhle
Garland
Garcia
Contreras
Vazquez

McCarthy
Jenks
Cotts
Politte
Hermanson
Lopez

Pierzynski
Konerko
Iguchi
Uribe
Crede
Dye
Anderson
Podsednik
Thome

Mackowiak
Cintron
Widger
Ozuna
Borchard

should tell you who's going to be sent down...
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He signed a split contract, which i believe allows him to be sent to the minors. Gload and Borch are out of options.

I hope he relaxes a bit and find a nice role with the D'Backs.

I also like the trade from the Sox side.

Good to see that Cintron can rake against lefties.  The Sox needed that.  

Here's the thing.  I'm not confident in Mackowiak playing CF (defensively) for an extended period of time.  I know the Sox seem all 'gung-ho' about Mack in CF, but I'm not buying it.  

Borchard seems like the only guy who can do a halfway decent job out there.  That's the ONLY reason I want him on the roster.

arent watching Cuba/Panama...you're missing a great baseball game.

I believe that KW had a dream last night in which Tad Iguchi or Uribe both missed time this season.  When he woke up sweating with images of a 260/290/370 line from Ozuna, he called up the Diamondbacks.

This is a good trade from a SS/2B injury hedge bet perspective.