Terry McMahon's Awesome Blog

What was the logic behind signing a 40+ year old pitcher with bad conditioning to a 2 year contract? That's a serious question, I won't even bring up the Red Sox not re-signing Pedro.

Wells pitched the minimum of five innings at which point Boston was winning 9-4. The Sox relievers were awful! They looked more like what we're used to from the Rangers' middle relief.

For Matt, I think Wells was a bit of a bargain signing as well as a bit of a desperation signing. The Sox knew that they were going to miss out on Carl Pavano and lose Pedro Martinez. Wells is a lefty which apparently can excuse anything short of cruelty to animals in the baseball world.

I'm not going to say the decision was a great one, but I think it was a bit of a desperate move to fill a rotation spot with a lefty.

The signing I didn't get is Wade Miller. I don't know what's holding his arm to his shoulder, but I'm pretty certain it's nothing more than a threadbare ligament. He's had shoulder problems and missed significant time each season for the last three. His repetoire in Houston was as a power pitcher. A power pitcher with consistent shoulder problems is a ticking time bomb.