The Red Sox website reports that Ben Sheets, ex-Brewers pitcher, is healing from a tendon injury in his arm & is ready to enter the free agent market for 2010. Sheets would be a reclamation project, like Smoltz & Penny, not having pitched in 2009.
I've always liked Ben Sheets since his days of pitching for the US Olympic team. He is a top of the rotation guy when healthy. But injuries have sidelined him at different times during his career &, with his injuries, so went the Milwaukee Brewers down & out of contention.
Obviously, the questions for Theo is simple. Do you try to sign Sheets after the failed experiments with Smoltz & Penny? I'd say sure, why not.
The only thing that irks me about these rehab players is the fact that they get the benefit of a carefully planned rehab program & then go pitch somewhere else while we pay for it. Smoltz, because he would not accept a bullpen role, got to pitch for the Cards on our dime. And Penny pitched for the Giants after we got his shoulder back to 100%. That's a great "thanks" for fixing me, but I'm going somewhere else now.
I guess there is risk & reward in everything. If Theo & Co. feels the risk is acceptable, I see them making an offer for Ben Sheets.
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