The Red Sox have acquired 32-year-old center fielder Mark Kotsay (stats) for Lowell (A) outfielder Luis Sumoza.
Kotsay should join his new team in New York tonight. AB says perhaps 6 PM, though he is not in the starting lineup. He will wear #11.
After a couple of gruesome seasons in Oakland, Kotsay rebounded this year in Atlanta (.289/.340/.418, 101 OPS+). He has hit RHP especially well (.305/.361/.457) and certainly more productively than either Coco Crisp (.253/.331/.364) or Jacoby Ellsbury (.262/.322/.366).
Kotsay doesn't hit for much power and doesn't walk a whole lot, but he does not strike out much either. He is still a decent outfielder with a solid arm. His best BR comp is Randy Winn. We could do far worse for a 4th or 5th outfielder.
And he's hit .386/.421/.477 in 20 games/95 PA at Fenway.
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He is still a decent outfielder with a solid arm. His best BR comp is Randy Winn. We could do far worse for a 4th or 5th outfielder.
And you got your scouting degree where?
A nice move by Theo, shades of Ronald McDonald last year.
And you got your scouting degree where?
ROFL
It lives!
I like it. It's about the best deal we could make at this point of the season.
Hi Joe, how was Niagara Falls?
Niagra Falls! Slowly I turned...
...step by step...
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