projo.com - 8/1/2007
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07:08 AM EDT on Wednesday, August 1, 2007 BY SEAN McADAM Journal Sports Writer BOSTON A year ago, the New York Yankees made the deal the Red Sox wouldn t or couldn t. Yesterday, in a neat bit of symmetry, the situation was reversed. Outbidding their longtime rivals and at least two other teams the Red Sox snared reliever Eric Gagne from the Texas Rangers, packaging three players for ...
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Baseball Today: Wednesday, August 1
Projo Sox Blog —
... FIRST, THE GOOD NEWS: The Red Sox pulled off the coup of the day yesterday, grabbing Eric Gagne (projo) from the Rangers for Kason Gabbard, a starter who was probably about to lose his spot in the rotation anyway; David Murphy, an outfielder who had fallen far down on the list of Boston prospects; and Engel Beltre, a player just starting out in the minors. What it did cost the Red Sox was money: about $4.75 million for two months of Gagne. Although Gagne could certainly close games when needed, the terms of his agreement with Boston make it clear that he is here as a setup man. ...
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... Gagne: For me, it's more special and more intriguing than I can put into words ... [A]nybody that's going to come over here and set your ego aside says a lot about a person. I think for our bullpen, it's absolutely huge. Said one MLB executive: "I just assumed [Gagne] was going to go to the Yankees. They needed him the most." Dave Roberts ...
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