Via Extra Bases:

Here's a release on the trade from the Indians:

CLEVELAND, OH—The Cleveland Indians today announced the club has completed a trade with the Boston Red Sox, sending RHP PAUL BYRD to Boston in exchange for a player to be named or cash. The player to be named must be agreed upon on or before January 15, 2009.

Byrd made 22 starts with the Indians this year going 7-10 with a 4.53 ERA (131.0IP, 146H, 70R/66ER, 24BB, 56K, 23HR).

The Indians will not make a move today to replace Byrd on their active 25-man roster. The club’s 40-man roster now stands at 39. The Indians are now undecided for the start on Thursday, August 14 vs. Baltimore.

What do you guys think?

Okay, let's put a foot tattoo right up to King Felix' ass.

Red Sox

Jacoby Ellsbury LF
Dustin Pedroia 2B
J.D. Drew RF
Kevin Youkilis 1B
Mike Lowell 3B
Sean Casey DH
Jed Lowrie SS
Jason Varitek C
Coco Crisp CF

Clay Buchholz

Mariners

Ichiro Suzuki RF
Jose Lopez 2B
Raul Ibanez LF
Jose Vidro DH
Adrian Beltre 3B
Jeremy Reed CF
Kenji Johjima C
Bryan LaHair 1B
Willie Bloomquist SS

Felix Hernandez

No Manny, and Dusty already has a stolen base. 2 on for Youk. Actually, nevermind, Youk flies out and Lowell grounds out.

Tonight, other than Kevin Cash, we have our best line-up without Ortiz as far as hitting goes:

Red Sox:

 

1. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
3. J.D. Drew, RF
4. Manny Ramirez, LF
5. Mike Lowell, 3B
6. Kevin Youkilis, 1B
7. Sean Casey, DH
8. Jed Lowrie, SS
9. Kevin Cash, C

-- Tim Wakefield, SP



Orioles:

 

1. Brian Roberts, 2B
2. Adam Jones, CF
3. Nick Markakis, RF
4. Aubrey Huff, DH
5. Melvin Mora, 3B
6. Kevin Millar, 1B
7. Luke Scott, LF
8. Ramon Hernandez, C
9. Brandon Fahey, SS

--Radhames Liz, SP

Lowrie looks like a great hitter, I can't explain that. While I don't hate Lugo, I'm happy to see Lowrie in instead of shithead Alex Cora. Go Sox!

Yawn, morning everyone...

Red Sox:

CF-Ellsbury
2B-Pedroia
1B-Youkilis
LF-Ramirez
3B-Lowell
DH-Casey
C-Varitek
RF-Moss
SS-Lugo

SP-Beckett

Twins:

CF-Span
2B-Casilla
C-Mauer
DH-Morneau
RF-Kubel
LF-Young
1B-Lamb
SS-Punto
3B-Buscher

SP-Hernandez

Twins up early, 1-0, Beckett is yet to get an out. No JD today as you can see. Go Sox!

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Since no one did it:

Red Sox



1. Jacoby Ellsbury, LF
2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
3. J.D. Drew, RF
4. Manny Ramirez, DH
5. Mike Lowell, 3B
6. Kevin Youkilis, 1B
7. Coco Crisp, CF
8. Jason Varitek, C
9. Julio Lugo, SS

Jon Lester, SP

Yankees


1. Johnny Damon, LF
2. Derek Jeter, SS
3. Bobby Abreu, RF
4. Alex Rodriguez, 3B
5. Jason Giambi, DH
6. Jorge Posada, C
7. Robinson Cano, 2B
8. Wilson Betemit, 1B
9. Melky Cabrera, CF

Andy Pettitte, SP

Sox up early, 2-0 thanks to a Jeter error, but Damon has a walk to leadoff the bottom half of the first. Go Sox!

Sox:

1. Jacoby Ellsbury LF
2. Dustin Pedroia 2B
3. J.D. Drew RF
4. Manny Ramirez DH
5. Mike Lowell 3B
6. Kevin Youkilis IB
7. Coco Crisp CF
8. Julio Lugo SS
9. Kevin Cash C

SP: Tim Wakefield

Cardinals:

1. Cesar Izturis SS
2. Skip Schumaker RF
3. Ryan Ludwick LF
4. Rick Ankiel CF
5. Troy Glaus 3B
6. Chris Duncan 1B
7. Yadier Molina DH
8. Adam Kennedy 2B
9. Jason LaRue C

SP: Kyle Lohse

The Cardinals have a pretty weak line-up without Pujols. Look up there, it's awful. Ludwick is having a nice season, Ankiel is also good, and Glaus is fair enough. The rest is bad. They have a nice record, sitting at 42-32 entering game today. However, they're playing a little bit over their heads right now, so expect that record to drop in the near future. So, it's pretty much your Red Sox vs. a non-playoff NL team. This smells good.

Sox up, 1-0 thanks to a Sac Fly by Julio RBI Lugo. Is it just me, or would the whole world hate Lugo a little bit less if his name was Lulio Jugo. :)

 Is there anybody around?

Line-ups:

Ellsbury-LF
Pedroia-2B
Drew-RF
Lowell-3B
Youkilis-1B
Crisp-CF
Lugo-SS
Cash-C
Wakefield-SP

Bruce-CF
Janish-SS
Griffey-RF
Phillips-2B
Dunn-LF
Encarnacion-3B
Votto-1B
Bako-C
Voloquez-SP

Sox up, 1-0, thanks to Taco's wonderful speed. I missed the error, so I'm wanting for a replay to see what happened. Also, glad to see that Pedroia is seeing more pitches today. He saw 3 before grounding out. And Volquez is ugly. Very fucking ugly indeed...

How do you guys feel we'll use Mike Hart? I mean, will he split the carries with Addai, or do like KK did last season, or will be the 3rd back behind KK? Addai struggled a bit in the end of last season, so adding depth was really a big need. But will he be more than just depth? Can we run some kind of 2 RB set, or that would be flat out stupid?