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Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Braves now stuck with Sosa
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Braves should have traded Jorge Sosa when he had some value. He sure doesn’t have much now.
Sosa escaped his 10th loss Tuesday night, but that couldn’t hide his continued struggles.
The right-hander has allowed 17 homers after giving up two more against Toronto. Seven of the home runs have come in his four June starts. He has a 5.40 ERA to go with his 1-9 record.
Sosa was 13-3 last season, but that was obviously a fluke. Unfortunately, another major league team wasn’t fooled.
The Braves could move Sosa to the bullpen. But would that help anything? Not the way he’s pitching.
From pitch to pitch and inning to inning, you don’t know what you’ll get from Sosa. Except you know that there will be homers in there somewhere.
John Thomson, once he recovers from his blister, may be able to help the Braves in the bullpen. It is doubtful that Sosa can now.
The only good news for the Braves is that Chuck James may be in the rotation soon, possibly as early as this weekend.
The rookie left-hander has to be an improvement over what the Braves have been getting from the backend of the rotation.
