Red Sox add some bats

The Red Sox have started off the trading deadline season by acquiring two left-handed power bats. Early in the morning they acquired Adam LaRoche from the Pirates for 2 minor leagures. DME called me and lied through his teeth that David Ortiz was getting shipped to Pitt. I knew he was lying cause Ortiz is better, cant play first base in the NL and makes no senses for the rebuilding Pirates. LaRoche is probably best known for being extremely ADD, causing him to have lapses in the field and leading to his departure from Atlanta. His only attribute is a career .220 isolated power making him a good bench guy. If the Sox feel Mike Lowell is useless, they can move Youkilis back to 3rd base and play LaRoche at first.

News broke that the Sox also traded Julio Lugo and his 4yr/36Mil corpse to the Cardinals for Dave Duncan's little boy Chris. Same deal as LaRoche, Duncan is a left handed power bat(.200 iso) who is a train wreck in the outfield. The two players should add some depth in the Dave Roberts/Willy Mo Pena mold.