Aardsma switching Sox

by Jim in Maine on Jan 28, 2008 1:48 PM CST

...the [Red] Sox made a deal for a relief pitcher, David Aardsma, who split last season between the White Sox and Triple-A.

To get the righthander, who also has pitched for the Cubs and Giants, the Sox sent minor-league pitchers Willy Mota and Miguel Socolovich to Chicago.

Aardsma, 26, was added to the 40-man major-league roster, giving the Sox 39 players.

... Mota was 5-3, 2.60 with one save in 17 relief appearances at Single-A Lowell in 2007, his first season as a pitcher after four years playing the outfield in the Red Sox organization. Socolovich split the year between two Single-A teams, going 2-2, 6.65 in 11 games at Greenville and 5-4, 3.56 in 14 games/13 starts at Lowell. He has been in the Boston system for four seasons.

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/
I guess Kenny is starting to reload the minors ...

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About time this didn't directly

link to Sox Machine, fer Chrissakes.

;)

Yep, you build the minors one (or two) prospect(s) at a time....

Jeff Cox: I'm going to call you "FN".

by winningugly on Jan 28, 2008 1:51 PM CST reply actions

You talkin' smack about me, Jesus?

Sox Machine

by Sox Machine on Jan 28, 2008 4:33 PM CST up reply actions

He sacrificed so that

we all can post.

Amen.

PS How freakin' cold is it in Maine?

Jeff Cox: I'm going to call you "FN".

by winningugly on Jan 28, 2008 7:14 PM CST up reply actions

Both appear interesting.

They are both young, 20, 21, and can potentially develop into some decent pitchers. However, appears to me they both have some control issues.

I'm not a big fan of converted outfielders, but Mota looks a lot better as a pitcher than a hitter.

Socolovich... he doesn't appear to have electric stuff, and he does walk a few too, but maybe he develops into something. We could've done a lot worse.

"God knows I gave my best in baseball at all times and no man on earth can truthfully judge me otherwise."

by Shoeless In SC on Jan 28, 2008 5:02 PM CST reply actions