Re: Gammons says Sox land Beckett

Mark Stahl wrote: 
Beckett and Lowell for Hanley Ramirez and Annibal Sanchez is the word.

I *love* this trade. It's not often that a 25y.o. ace type becomes available. Sanchez and Ramirez have fantastic potential but Beckett has shown that he can do it in the majors. Beckett's minor injuries (mostly blisters and such) have kept his pitch count down through his most vulnerable years. Lowell can at least defend and may bounce back. Last year he made his 30 starts and pitched well, and who could forget him shutting the Yanks down in the stadium in the WS?

Let's see the Sox extend Beckett long-term. This is huge.



Cheers to that. As Eric Wilbur wrote in his blog today...this deal has the same kind of flavor that Pedro did (other than Pedro being a year older with an era under 2 the previous season). Sign Beckett to an extension somewhere between what Sheets or Santana got and you get an ace type pitcher for well under free agent value.

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