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Re: Red Sox trade Bronson Arroyo for Wily Mo Pena <FONT COLOR=BLACK><b>[</font>Reply to #<a href="read.pl?1-2662">2662</a>]</b>
3/22/06, 11:11am
I'm not sure it is obvious that Boston got the best of this trade.  Only time will tell.  WMP has power, but the strikeouts are bothersome.  Also the predictions regarding his batting average are extremely optimistic.  His highest batting average was .259 in 336 ABs and is a lifetime .248 hitter in the majors.  The upside is there as Pena is only 24 and could improve or he could be like another Pena, Carlos in Detroit.  Carlos also has all kinds of power, strikes out tons and can't hit for average.  Hopefully for the Red Sox Wily Mo does not turn out to be a Carlos.  Also there seems to be a log jam in the Sox outfield now with Manny, Coco, Nixon and Pena.  This is similar to the situation Pena had with the Reds although I'm sure he will get more ABs.  Also I value pitching more than hitting and the Reds definitely needed the pitching.  Especially when their outfield already consists of Griffey, Dunn, Kearns and Freel.  Arroyo is an average pitcher, not spectacular, but solid and becomes one of the best pitchers on the Reds.  Time will tell.  You could be right about WMP...he definitely has more upside then Bronson. 

[The Olde English Ds from Whitmore Lake/MI]
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