Am excited about Chad Bradford coming in, particularly as he’s been great against righties so far in his MLB career. Good return for Payton, I thought. I love unusual pitches, and Bradford’s down-low sidearmer is a perfect example of that. As I’ve said before, one thing that struck me about the 2004 Sox pitching is that there were a lot of signature pitches, ones which were perhaps the best in the game, at least when they were on - Pedro’s change, Wakefield’s knuckler, Lowe’s sinker, Schilling’s splitter, and Foulke’s circle change. So I’m hoping we’ll see Bradford do his thing.
Incidentally, against lineups which use lefty-righty-lefty or similar alternating matchups, it would be cool to see both Mike Myers and Bradford on the field - let both of them learn to play the corner outfield, and then switch them around… so for example Myers gets the lefty out, moves to right field as Bradford gets the righty out, then comes come back to get the other lefty as a “proper” outfielder plays in right as a defensive substitution.