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6.06.2003
Red Sox deal Matt White for minor leaguer Sheldon Fulse Seattle Mariners get: Matt White. Boston Red Sox get: Sheldon Fulse. This kind of deal (involving two guys who are basically minor leaguers) would ordinarily pass under the radar of this website, especially recently when entries have been hard to come by, but I had never heard of Sheldon Fulse until a few moments ago, and I expect few of you have. Fulse is a switch-hitting outfielder (drafted as a shortstop) playing a Class A Inland Empire who has posted a .280/.396/.408 line there through 49 games (188 plate appearances) who was a third round pick of the Mariners (97th overall) in 1999 out of George Jenkins High School in Bartow, Florida. He's an interesting new Red Sox management type of player...while still clearly a long way from the majors, he's drawn 26 walks thus far this year and has 14 extra base hits as well as excellent speed (according to Vanderbilt University, where he was to have gone had he not signed with Seattle, he runs a 6.5 second 60-yard dash). While he's struggled quite a bit and been stuck at the A ball level since he was drafted, he's made substantial strides this year and still has plenty of time (he's only 21) to make an impact. This article, by Michelle Gardner of the San Bernardino County Sun, indicates that he talked to Mariners' utilityman extraordinaire Mark McLemore prior to the season, which may have helped him in his success this year. The important thing is that he's off to a solid start and is a reasonable acquisition for the Red Sox, who can stash him away and see if he turns into anything interesting, and all they had to give up was a guy they selected in the Rule V Draft and could well have lost anyway (rather than keep him on the roster the entire season). In the short term, this deal gives the Mariners another lefty of the bullpen in Matt White, who they hope will be more effective with them than he has been in his very limited duty with the Red Sox. - |