Everyone is nicked up at this point in the season.  When you play 162 games there are bound to be some aches and pains as you approach the end of the season, but the key is, as a professional, try to step it up another notch and remain productive in spite of injury.  There may seem to be some injuries on this team now, but this group of vets will be able to play through most of it.I haven’t heard anything on Mike Lowell or JD Drew but I expect them to be back in the lineup before the end of the season.  I wish I could give a more definitive answers but this type of information is kept so quiet in today’s game.  No injury talk goes on in the clubhouse and the team keeps a lot of information back because they don’t want the opposition to gain an advantage.

Mark Kotsay will be a productive addition to the Red Sox.  One thing that can be said of the Red Sox front office is that they are extremely thorough in their research.  They aren’t going to go out and get someone that isn’t a good fit on this ball club.  They compile so many stats that they will go out and get the best option available, and in this case that option is Mark Kotsay.