Well Paul Byrd is off to the BosoxGood for him!
He'll get another shot at the playoffs, where he just might have been the Tribe's most effective starter last season.
The good news is it won't be the Yankees that Byrd will be helping to get to, and through, the post-season.
Although, quite frankly, there are teams I would rather see him help than the Red Sox.
The Boston blogosphere doesn't seem to have much of an opinion about the deal. Most blogs simply reported the trade and moved on without comment.
The closest thing to commentary I could find was from the Sports of Boston blog:
This isn't supposed to be a major impact trade like the Bay/Manny deal. The Sox are simply addressing a need in their rotation right now. Tim Wakefield, a consistent innings-eater, hits the DL and Clay Buchholz is having a sophomore slump. Theo knows with the Rays wounded (Carl Crawford and Evan Longoria on the DL), now is the time to gain ground on them. Hopefully a change of scenery won't affect Byrd's hot streak.
I wonder a bit about a flyball pitcher like Byrd and how well he's going to do at Fenway with the Green Monster. But, hey, that's for others to worry about now.
It's hard to comment from the Tribe's side beyond saying so long, good luck and thanks for the good work.
I mean how do you comment on a bag of cash in return? Or a player to be named later. Something tells me that if the Tribe is deciding between cash and a player, the player can't be much.
The interesting question will be who replaces Byrd in the rotation.
Will Aaron Laffey be on his way back after just two outings in Buffalo? In his most-recent outing Laffey pitched 8 shutout innings. striking out nine. But his first outing was rather pedestrian.
It could be David Huff, who has been lights out at both Buffalo and Akron this year. I'd like so see him up myself.
Zach Jackson, who has been hot and cold at Buffalo since being the "throw-in" in the CC deal, is the Buffalo pitcher whose turn comes up in what would have been Byrd's next start Friday. Not reason enough in my book to bring him up.
As moves go, this one is a bit of a yawner from the Tribe's side. But it does clear one more spot for one more youngster to make an impression the rest of the way.
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