Wick
Congratulations to the Indians' lone all-star. The Reds also had one selection, Felipe Lopez, whose season is amazing when you consider who he replaced.
When the Indians re-signed Wickman, I thought it was a borderline ridiculous signing. His first outing in Chicago was justification to me of my position. He blew a three run lead without recording an out, then lost.
But since then, Bob has been perhaps the best closer in the American League. It proves, once again, that I am wrong a lot. It also proves that Mark Shapiro is a very smart general manager, and he deserves a lot of credit.
Not just for Wickman, but for Peralta and Sizemore, who have each been crucial in the turnaround.
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Bret Boone was designated for assignment today by the Mariners. It has not been a good year for the Boone brothers on the field. While Aaron is still below .200, Brett is having perhaps the worst season of his career. He has hit seven homers, but is hitting just .231. Compared to Aaron, that's good, but the Mariners decided they could no longer keep him on the roster.
They wanted to rid themselves of him so badly they will eat some eight million dollars, the amount left on his contract.
Someone will no doubt pick him up, but at 36, one has to wonder what remains in the veteran that began his career in Seattle some 11 years ago.
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