It used to be that when Boston no longer wanted star athletes, they would bounce on over to the West Coast, i.e. Derek Lowe,  Nomar, Manny, and Deion Branch. But with the economy in the tank, it seems guys are only making it halfway across the country these days.

Matt Cassel escaped to Kansas City in the NFL offseason, while the St. Louis Cardinals have scooped up error-proned Julio Lugo, and now bullpen-ready, wannabe starter, John Smoltz.

Smoltz told the Red Sox he didn’t want to be a bullpen pitcher, but obviously that’s all the future Hall of Famer has left in the tank. I’m sure the threat of being sent to Pawtucket was enough to convince Smoltz to know his role with the next team he joins, and seeing as how the Cards only have a couple good pitchers, he should look better away from the star studded A.L. East.

~Cornelius

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Charles Co-Founded FTRsports in 2009 as something fun to do with his spare time. He’s now insanely addicted to making it the greatest sports blog ever, which isn’t hard because most sports blogs suck.

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