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June 14, 2007
Today on Projo SoxTalk, Sean McAdam talks about the Red Sox' hitting slump, and possible ways to fix it (there aren't too many). Click here to listen to the audio file. He also sizes up the trade market.
Here are a few excerpts from Sean's comments:
On the recent lack of hitting: "This has been really about two weeks that they've been in this offensive funk, and they've wasted a lot of good [pitching] performances, although last night was not one of them."
On the A.L. East race: "Everyone understood [the Red Sox] weren't going to play near-.700 ball the entire way. [An 8 1/2-game lead] is still pretty significant, and if the Red Sox merely continue to play at a clip where they're winning two out of three and taking series, then they don't have to worry about the Yankees eating too much into that lead."
On trade possibilities: "I think the fact that a player the caliber of Mark Teixeira is being made available by Texas could open some things up. Oftentimes one trade leads to another. If a team misses out on its first choice on the trade market, they may go seeking another, and all of a sudden you might have a little momentum built and activity picks up. But Teixeira is clearly the biggest name available, and a couple of his teammates -- including Eric Gagne the closer and center fielder Kenny Lofton and maybe even Sammy Sosa could all probably be had as part of a housecleaning on part of the Texas Rangers, who are a huge disappointment and are looking to kind of blow it up and start over."
Be sure to listen to the audio file to hear about where the market might take Teixeira and Sosa.
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