"Jonathan Papelbon is a superb closer for the Red Sox, but he has moonlighted as a general manager for the past two days. Papelbon has shown why he is better at firing fastballs than he is at assembling a bullpen.

With the Red Sox claiming the Mets' Billy Wagner off waivers Friday, there is a good chance Wagner will soon join Papelbon in the Boston bullpen. Papelbon noted that Wagner's arrival would mean "somebody has to go," and he lamented how adding a new pitcher might even adversely affect the Red Sox.

"Wagner is an All-Star-caliber pitcher," Papelbon said Sunday before the Yankees' 8-4 win. "He's a phenomenal pitcher. There's no denying that. What I'm trying to get across is it's just not that simple. It's not that simple and cut and dry that we get Wagner and he's in and somebody else is out.""