He’d be another interesting choice. His GB% is slightly down this year but his K/9 has stayed close to last years peak and his BB/9 is the lowest it has ever been.

Not exactly sure what he’ll cost but his numbers aren’t flashy, just consistent.

No need to give me his peripherals, i said on that team he would be a perfect fit and i am proving correct

No need to give me his peripherals. I said he was a perfect fit for the Sox, and he’s proving me correct

Are the Red Sox sorry they aquired Paul Byrd?

In Cleveland Byrd was 7-10, so apparently he knew how to lose a bit more than he knew how to win. The question is not whether he knows how to win but whether Boston might have gotten a better pitcher or whether he was better than what they already had.

Given how Buchholz was pitching, Byrd as an approximately major league average pitcher over the past few years probably has been an upgrade. In that sense it made sense for Boston to get him. But so what? You could say that for just about any league average or slightly less than league average pitcher given Boston’s offense and defense.

Jason Hammel in limited exposure is 4-4 with TB whose offense is inferior this year to Boston’s. Does that mean he “knows how to win” also? Every time some 30+ year old pitcher is dealt there is the claim that he knows how to win. Did Nolan Ryan forget how to win when he went 8-16 with a 2.76 ERA (142 ERA+) for Houston and then remember how the next year when he went 12-11 with a 3.52 ERA (94 ERA+)?

Byrd was a reasonable pickup for Boston because they had nobody better available (even that is questionable by the way), not because he knows how to win or is actually a good pitcher. With that offense and defense, nearly any major league pitcher can win games.

Incidentally, Sidney Ponson started his recent stint with the Yankees winning 3 and losing 1. I don’t think that is evidence that he also knows how to win or that his more recent 3 game losing streak means he doesn’t know how to win.