Red Sox AM Wrap

Wily Mo Pena Clears Waivers
As with several players in August, Wily Mo Pena was placed on trade waivers and cleared them. This means Boston can trade Pena before the end of the month to any team.

They can't however option him to the minors, he would have to clear regular waivers for that.

Expect Boston to move Pena soon for a player to be named much like the Sox and Orioles did last year with Javy Lopez before finalizing the deal at seasons end when Adam Stern was sent to Baltimore.

Moose Season
The Seattle Mariners wont discipline the Moose for the incident in Seattle Sunday when he ran into Coco Crisp.

No surprise there, the team did apologize to the Red Sox. As I stated before, Major League Baseball needs to step in and ban these kind of events from the field, it creates a dangerous environment for players who teams have millions of dollars invested in.

Tough Series In Los Angeles
I was expecting another two of three series from the Sox, now I'm hoping for a single win after Boston has lost the first two games of the series. Both games went along well in the early parts only to see Boston lose two games they could have won.

Tavarez Days Numbered?
Julian Tavarez is the lone weak link in the Sox bullpen. Don't be surprised if Boston designates him before the week is out and replace him on the roster with either Javy Lopez or Clay Buchholz.

Drew Front And Center
J.D. Drew will make his Sox debut in Center field tonight and his first start their since 2005.

Coco Crisp will get the night off. Since Boston elected to put Drew in center that would probably mean Pena will get the start in right field. Had Brandon Moss been getting the start, he likely would have been in center.

Barry B*nds
Barry Bonds, who has long been wrapped up in a steroids scandal hit home run number 756 of his career last night against the Washington Nationals.

Bud Selig was not in attendance for the record breaking home run. Interested in some nice * related merchandise? Check out this site.

Let's hope Alex Rodriguez makes this a brief appearance in the record book for Bonds.