Meet Mark Loretta [Archive]

VTSoxFan

01-08-2006, 06:57 AM

This article from the Globe makes him much less of an unknown quantity for those of us who rarely follow the NL West:

Watch Man Loretta Hopes '06 Is The Right Time (http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/articles/2006/01/08/watch_man_loretta_hopes_06_is_right_time/?page=full)

DoubleX

01-08-2006, 08:02 AM

Loretta is a very solid 2Bman, he definitely won't hurt the Sox. That was a very nice trade the Sox pulled off to get him. Any team has to jump at getting a solid 2Bman for a backup catcher.

Evangelion

01-08-2006, 02:05 PM

Loretta is a very solid 2Bman, he definitely won't hurt the Sox. That was a very nice trade the Sox pulled off to get him. Any team has to jump at getting a solid 2Bman for a backup catcher.
Exactly. While trading Doug does remove a catcher that has caught our knuckball pitcher very well the past two seasons. You still deal a back-up catcher for a starting 2B, who has ability to hit 300. plus and also play very good 2B, any day of the week.

I know what we're getting in Loretta and hope he's very successful in Boston like Mueller was. :)