MLB News

The Boston Red sox have signed veteran righty pitcher John Smoltz to a 1 yr deal and also OF Rocco Baldelli. John Smoltz will recieve 5.5 million for one year and incentives can boost it up to 10 million. I think these two signings are protection,they aren't necessarily going to have a big impact on the season. Smoltz is coming off major arm surgery and they will be lucky if he is back before June and Baldelli still has this mystery illness and it isn't known how often he can play. I think Baldelli is a good 4th OF for them, Smoltz we will see, I wonder though if they will trade a young pitcher like Bucholz for a catcher. The Sox released Charlie Zink to make room on the 40 man roster for Baldelli. The Sox did also bring in Brad Penny but that hasn't been made official yet. The New York Mets have made an offer to Tim Redding and yesterday they met with Agent Scott Boras regarding pitchers Derek Lowe,Oliver Perez,Manny Ramirez. I really think the Mets should sign Manny but the owners dont want him. Im sure if it was up to Omar Minaya the GM he would just sign him. The Mets did do a good job getting the two closers to help out their bullpen but they never go that extra step. The Milwaukee Brewers have agreed to terms with the All Time Saves leader Trevor Hoffman. He will recieve a 6 million dollar base salary with up to 1.5 million in incentives based on games finished.