[ThePundit]

Do you think the Sox are more than a little furious that they traded Arroyo for Willy Mo? I said it at the time, that I didn't undestand them trading a good young pitcher for a part time slugger. Red Sox fans care to chime in?

[legend]

I'm a Yankee fan, so I kind of liked that deal.

[MJHMarc]

I think that most Yankee fans would enjoy a bad trade that their closest rival, Boston, makes. Willy Mo Pena is a great baseball player, but he cannot compare of the dominance of Bronson Arroyo so far this young season.

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Ken Griffey Jr. tied Mike Schmidt on the career home run chart and Bronson Arroyo pitched a complete game to lead the Cincinnati Reds past the New York Mets 4-2 Monday night for their eighth straight victory on the road.

Mon, 19 Jun 2006 22:02:00 EST

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Originally Posted by ThePundit

Do you think the Sox are more than a little furious that they traded Arroyo for Willy Mo? I said it at the time, that I didn't undestand them trading a good young pitcher for a part time slugger. Red Sox fans care to chime in?

I am a Sox fan and although I am not an all knowing fan I still think that letting him go was the right thing to do. He wasn't producing when he was with the Sox. It is not totally uncommon for a player to respond to different teams in different ways. I'm glad he is pitching well, but needs change. The Sox seemingly got rid of a good infield but now look at them. They are a team to reckon with .... right now.

[legend]

The way the National League looks right now, Matt Clement could probably return to it and win 15 games.

[CityofBrotherlyShove]

I am a Sox fan and although I am not an all knowing fan I still think that letting him go was the right thing to do. He wasn't producing when he was with the Sox. It is not totally uncommon for a player to respond to different teams in different ways. I'm glad he is pitching well, but needs change. The Sox seemingly got rid of a good infield but now look at them. They are a team to reckon with .... right now.

Ahhh....finally some common sense. Arroyo has said a million times (as recently as last week in the Globe and Herald) that pitching in the NL is a ton easier than pitching in the AL East. He's admitted that it has most definitely helped him get off to such a great start. Anyone who thinks he'd be picthing like this in Boston is not thinking straight.

[legend]

That being said, I'll bet you he would be pretty decent in Boston, just from the momentum each night garnered from Beckett n Schilling. He would at least be eating innings and keeping Boston from sending out these young kids, who will pitch like their age sooner or later.

[Dupont4five]

Originally Posted by legend

That being said, I'll bet you he would be pretty decent in Boston, just from the momentum each night garnered from Beckett n Schilling. He would at least be eating innings and keeping Boston from sending out these young kids, who will pitch like their age sooner or later.

I was bitter sweet about the trade, on one side Bronson was truely sucking and we got a young beast of a player, they other side he was good to Boston and told some kid in some local town that it was ok to braid your hair.

[A pirate]

As a rabid Sox fan there is no way Arroyo would be pitching like this in the AL East. Look at his last year in Boston. 4.52 ERA, .281 BABiP, 1.30 WHIP, and most importantly, at least to me his K/9 was 4.3 and dropping like a cliff for the past 3 years. Just for comparison Roger Clemens ERA was barely below 4, not too shabby but nothing like it has been in the NL Central. Pedro's numbers, as much as it pains me to say it, he has benefitted from the NL too.

[24/8/48fan]

These aren't the Sox of the past, they actually plan for the future now.