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Anonymous
>>221261 Papelbon will never be put into the rotation. He doesn't want to be. He's said that a million times. He's successful as a closer and stands to make a lot of money as a closer, not an unproven starter (and don't point to his starts in 2005, he wasn't that good).
As for Huston Street as a set-up man, didn't we try that experiment last year with a certain closer from Texas? I'd rather not. Rafael Betancourt seems like a good option, as another Anon suggested. We also have Masterson being groomed for a reliever role, likely in mid August or by September call-ups at the latest.
As for who I would like to see the Red Sox trade for before the deadline, I think they need to try and trade for SS, maybe Christian Guzman from Washington (.976 Fielding Percentage (thats 10 Ugglas in 409 Total chances) vs Lugo's .945 FP (16 Ugglas in 292 TC)) and is also outhitting Lugo by a fair margin (Guzman - .312 BA, 5 HR, 31 RBI, .341 OBP, 3 SB, 35 SO, 16 BB vs Lugo - .261 BA, 1 HR, 22 RBI, .355 OBP, 12 SB, 51 SO, 34 BB) As for what to do when Lugo comes back, you could platoon them, try to trade Lugo, use Lugo as a utility player, or have the Mariner Moose run him over with his ATV.
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