Old friends

SPORTING GOODS

Because it's not bad enough seeing your team completely tank in August and have nothing to play for in September, let's take a look around at some recent Red Sox castaways. Since there are so many of them spread around the majors, let's focus on the NL only, allowing us to spare ourselves from looking at Johnny Damon's numbers.

Freddy Sanchez is batting .346 (best in the NL) with 85 RBI this year, while playing a solid 3B, 2B, and SS. The Sox traded him for Jeff Suppan and Brandon Lyon.
They also traded Mike Gonzalez in that deal, who has 24 saves and a 2.17 ERA this year.
Nomar has a .306 batting average, and a .511 slugging percentage, to go with 20 HR and 93 RBI in a pitcher's park.
Dave Roberts is batting .293 with 47 steals.
Hanley Ramirez is batting .292 with 51 steals and a .835 OPS. As a shortstop.
Scott Hatteberg has a .831 OPS.
Edgar Renteria? .291, 16 steals, 13 homers.
Josh Bard has a .945 OPS and is batting .335
Bronson Arroyo 14-10 with a 3.27 ERA (4th best in the NL)
Derek Lowe is 16-8 with the 10th best ERA In the NL
Cla Meredith has given up 4 runs in 49 innings. He was a throw-in in the Bard for Mirabelli (average: .190) trade.
Anibal Sanchez is 10-3 with a 2.83 ERA.

Why can't the Red Sox get players like that?