"Atlanta is one of the teams in conversation with the Boston Red Sox about veteran right-hander Brad Penny, according to sources, at a time when the Red Sox have been doing their own research on Braves right fielder Jeff Francoeur (ESPN)."
We have been speculating this for a couple of weeks now, but it seems like it might actually come true. There is no word on how interested the Sox are on any of the Braves players, but in the grand scheme of things it makes sense. The Sox are going to need to add a bat at some point. Ortiz looks to be all done, and the Sox actually have a surplus of pitching with Buchholz, Bowden, and Smoltz all seemingly ready to go in the near future.
Now on to Francoeur...I personally was a big fan of him, but he has struggled for awhile now. My question is...will Fenway straighten him out. If he can use the call, and the short fences to his advantage then maybe. Still I can't say I am overly thrilled with this idea since his OBP is terrible (.275) and he really seems to have lost whatever groove he was in during the 2006-2007 seasons.
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