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The Red Sox have turned to an old hand to shore up their first base situation, signing Carlos Delgado to a minor league deal. Delgado's deal stipulates he must be in the majors by Sept. 1, but that probably won't be an issue as long as the 38-year-old is healthy. Give him a week or two of at-bats in Triple-A and he should be ready to step in and help Mike Lowell fill the void left by Kevin Youkilis' season-ending thumb injury.
Red Sox manager Terry Francona made it clear that, for now, anyway, Lowell will be the regular starter at the position.
"This is us doing our due diligence," Francona said. "Mikey Lowell is the guy that we're playing at first base. Whatever, whenever, whoever would we add [will be] to hopefully complement him."
Delgado has missed the entire season after undergoing a pair of hip surgeries in the last year. He managed only 26 games for the Mets last season (albeit hitting .298 with a .914 OPS) before succumbing to injury, but keep in mind that he managed to play in 159 games the previous year.
He hit 38 homers and drove in 115 in 2008, so you figure his bat will still have some pop once it's back up to game speed. It's just a question of how much and how long it'll take to get there.
The Red Sox reportedly will pay Delgado a pro-rated portion of a $3 million salary while he's in the majors, so they'll be on the hook for less than $1 million for a potentially solid fallback option at first without having to surrender any players to get him. Not a bad deal.
The White Sox and others had been in contact with Delgado's agent, but as soon as Youkilis went down Boston seemed like the most logical destination.
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