Finally, I heard an interesting comment by Lou Merloni last night on the acquisition of potential closer Mark Melancon. His comment was backed up by a phone interview with Ben Cherington.
Is Mark Melancon the Sox closer for 2012? According to Ben, he has the makeup to close in the AL East after doing a better-than-average job for the Astros last year. But it will be up to Bobby Valentine as to how he uses his roster, including the proper role for Melancon.
Lou thinks that the acquisition of Melancon is a direct, in-your-face move thrown at Scott Boras, super agent for Ryan Madsen. Lou thinks the Sox are showing no signs that they need anyone else in the closer sweepstakes with both Melancon now on board & internal fix Daniel Bard available. Boras sees another major market go away for his client & maybe his contract demands for Madsen - both in money & in number of years - goes down as well.
The Sox have never gotten over the A-Rod deal with Boras, even though they deal with him as well as any other team. It would be nice to stick one to him. Maybe Madsen needs to find a new agent.
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