As some of you may or may not know, Wily Mo has been awful in Boston this year and managed to slip through waivers. To clear up a rosterspot for hot-shot prospect Clay Buchholz to make a spot start, the Red Sox have traded Wily Mo to the Nationals for a PTBNL and cash considerations -- so basically nothing.
I don't care how bad Wily Mo has been this year, how you can just give up a player with his talent for nothing seems downright stupid. Theo Epstein is a very good GM, but this move looks short-sighted as hell. And it's a great buy-low move from Bowden, who continues to stack up former Reds.