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July 25, 2007
Sean McAdam joins us once again for projo SoxTalk. Click here to listen to the full audio file. He talks about last night's winning performance by Daisuke Matsuzaka, Bud Selig's surprise decision to visit San Francisco, the possibility of trading Kason Gabbard, and tonight's Josh Beckett-Fausto Carmona matchup.
Here are some excerpts from Sean's comments:
What Matsuzaka did right: "The ability to get ahead and not get caught up in a high pitch count early, and command so that he wasn't walking people. He had the one walk and the one hit batsman in the first inning, but after that he was pretty efficient and able to get ahead in the count and sort of dictate the game."
On Selig's decision: "I think all the signals that he has sent ... it was certainly logical to conclude that he was not interested in being there for these games. ... When the [Braves-Giants] series got under way Monday and he wasn't there, that reinforced that notion. And it seems like -- and I'm guessing here, because I don't know this to be the case -- it's almost as if somebody he respected, whether it was some other owners or some Hall of Fame players, or somebody, got to him and said, 'Look, as much as you don't want to do this, I think you have to.' And so, with great reluctance and issuing that sort of proviso about innocent until proven guilty, it does seem like he's trying to play this a little too far down the middle."
On Gabbard: "I don't think he's a guy that projects to be a real front-line starter in the big leagues. ... The smart thing might be for the Red Sox to look around, acknowledge that teams are absolutely desperate for any kind of pitching they can get. Here's a guy who's only 25, and is left-handed, and has value, but whose value will probably never exceed what it is right now. So if you can trick someone into believing that Kason Gabbard is destined to be some All-Star left-hander, then I think that might be the wise move."
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