The Sox lost a big name at the winter meetings — no, not Buchholz, Ellsbury, Crisp, Lowrie, or Masterson. The Phillies plucked Lincoln Holdzkom from the Red Sox in the 2007 Rule 5 Draft. With a name like Holdzkom, you just know the guy is going to pick up the pieces when J.C. Romero’s $12M contract fails to deliver.
In fact, with John Stevens’s permission, I propose that we refer to the hold stat as “a Holdzkom” from now on.
3 responses so far ↓
John Stevens // December 6, 2007 at 2:29 pm |
Approved.
gnopple // December 6, 2007 at 3:17 pm |
yes!
Red Sox Get Holdzkom Back « The Loogy Lounge // March 14, 2008 at 1:24 pm |
[...] The Phillies return the Sox’s middle-relief prospect, Lincoln Holdzkom, whom they had selected in the Rule 5 Draft: The Red Sox were prompted to make the move with Schilling [placing him on the 60-day DL] on [...]