Red Sox Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous Red Sox related thoughts and observations.

I feel bad that things did not work out for JT Snow in Boston. There just wasn’t any playing time for him. Terry Francona tried to get him late innings work as a defensive replacement but Kevin Youkilis has been almost as good in the field – so what’s the point? Kevin Youkilis has also been indispensable as a lead-off guy – so there goes those at bats. It just wasn’t going to work for Snow. I will be curious to see where he lands… It is good to see Nomar Garciaparra leading the NL in batting with a .355 average. I think Nomar has a lot of baseball left in him and I hope he can play that baseball in one place… Both the Yankees (.286 team BA) and the Blue Jays (a MLB best .296 team BA) are hitting the ball better than the Red Sox. (.280 team BA). Both the Yankees (4.32 team ERA) and Blue Jays (4.76 team ERA) are also pitching better than the Red Sox (4.78 team ERA). The reason both of those teams are looking up at the Red Sox is because of defense. The Red Sox are arguably better defensively this year at every infield position and Trot Nixon being healthy has shored up right field (with the exception of some early season Wily Mo adventures)… Speaking of Nomar – the Red Sox gave up outfielder Matt Murton in the deal that banished Garciaparra from Fenway. I thought for sure that Murton would have a break-out season but instead he’s toiling away with a .258 batting average with just 4 HR and 20 RBI… How ironic would it be if JT Snow wound up as Nomar’s back-up in Los Angeles?