Red Sox Acquire Van Buren from Cubs

[JTG51]

[cokehead]

Van Buren ain't Tom Seaver. his mechanics suck. A lot people consider his ceiling to be a AAAA player, good enough to dominate AAA but suck in the majors. had major control problems in the during his short stint in the majors last year. He may prove to be a useful middle reliever, but it wasnt going to be on the Cubs in 2006. Hopefully the PTBNL is somewhat useful.

I'm not going to fault Hendry on this deal yet unless the PTBNL is complete crap. most likely it is a decided upon player not on Sox 40 man so his name cannot be announced until after the Rule V draft.