What's up with the Red Sox signing JC Romero to a guaranteed, $1.6M contract???
They had already signed japanese lefty Hideki Okajima.
They have Javier Lopez who did a great job in limited duty last year
27g 16.6IP 2.70ERA .232BA .362 OBP, no earned run in 10 IP vs Lh batters
Craig Breslow was good, too, in his 2006 stint (13g 12IP .261 BA), he does fare better vs righties...
+ they have Kason Gabbard, Jon Lester who could pitch out of the now-crowded rotation.
As of today, it looks like the Red Sox will carry 12 pitchers, which is something they usually don't do, that leaves too thin of a bench (Cora, Mirabelli, WPena, Hinske), who backs up Coco?
Are they planning to use one of the lefties as a closer? Okajima perhaps? the most he did was 25 Saves back in 2001, he's more of a setup man.
Trade in the winds? heard the Tigers are looking for a lefty reliever and lefty bat... Hinske&Lopez for Monroe/Thames?
Pirates have 3 good lh relievers (Gonzalez
, Grabow, Damaso Marte), the Reds 4 (Bray, Cormier, Stanton, Shackelford), the Cubs 3 (Ohman, Scott Eyre, Cotts), they haven't found takers...