Odds and Ends

My but that's a lot of man-love for Bob Wickman.

I don't see the Pirates and their new GM trading their best player to the team that is going to be competitive for years to come. If he does, it should be his first and last move.

Oh please let Marcum come to Atlanta. That would be about the best the Braves could hope for.

And seriously... of all the players in the MLB, why Bob Wickman?

The Pirates are not at all going to give away Jason Bay, this is not a move to ease payroll. The main reason for the trade is to shake up the line-up due the fact they have similar players in Nady and possibly Pierce and a need to address some much bigger holes. So that whole Bill Hall who can't catch a ball in center to save his life and Chris Capuano who hasn't won a game in months isn't going to fly. The Pirates will be looking for some young talent with a high ceiling.

~~~~~~DREAM SCENERIO~~~~~~~
arod opts out, signs with BoSox, plays SS. Bosox trade Lugo and Crisp to FLA for Willis and Cabrera.

imagine that....

2b pedroia
CF Ellsbury
LF Ramirez
SS Rodriguez
DH Ortiz
3B Cabrera
1B Youkilis
RF Drew
C Varitek

oh the possibilities of that lineup....too bad FLA wants youth in return...
i can dream cant I

back to reality
Coco and Lugo wouldn't even get you Willis. Plus why would the Marlins want both a CF and SS where does that put Hanley??

I think that Coco would go great with the Braves. The Braves could just offer up Yunel Escobar and get Coco and another SP maybe Nick Hagadone or Justin Masterson. Red Sox get an upgrade over Julio Lugo but this also means that Lowell would likely be gone if the Sox's are really going to pursue A-Rod and get him.

So here's a thought; Coco Crisp, Craig Hansen and another pitching prospect to the Twins for Johan Santana. The Twins are losing Torii Hunter, and Crisp would make a solid and reasonably-priced replacement. Add a couple of decent pitching prospects in exchange for a guy who they'd lose to free agency in a year anyway?

But it would only make sense for the Red Sox if they could get a window to negotiate a contract extension with Santana.

if the pitching prospect was clay buchholz then i don't think that's a bad deal, but the red sox nation has too big of a crush on him for that to happen

ZachAttack, Hansen isn't a failed reliever. He struggled as a starter in 2006 when he was called up far too early in his career because the Sox were scrambling for starts. Hansen was dubbed the Sox closer of the future until Papelbon took the job. Hansen still projects as a very good reliever, even a solid closer. He's only 23 right now, and the Twins would have him under their control for 5 years before he even reached free agency.

In addition, the Twins get an inexpensive CF in Crisp who plays excellent defense and is locked up for 3 more years (2 plus a club option for 2010). Then add another pitching prospect who can help the club within a year or two, who the Twins would also have control of for 6 full ML seasons.

And yes, Johan Santana is the best pitcher in MLB. He is also leaving after 2008 if they don't trade him first. They've already made it very clear that they can't afford to sign Santana for what he'll get on the market, and everyone in baseball is just waiting to see which team he gets traded to this winter. What's so unbelievable about the Twins trading a great pitcher for pitching prospects that will help their team for years?

Honestly, I feel disgraced to say I'm a fan of the Boston Red Sox after what I read from some of you idiots that call yourself Red Sox fans. Coco Crisp and Julio Lugo for Dontrelle Willis AND Miguel Cabrera? Honestly you sound like bandwagon Yankee fans. Winning just one world series soured what was a great fan base, now we have idiots running around thinking they know what they're talking about.
Knowing the Red Sox orginization, they would not want to keep Ellsbury as the 4th outfielder because they would want to give him more regular at-bats. So its either starting CF for Ellsbury or back to AAA for him. And no, I do not expect the Red Sox to go after Johan. I just expect them to throw their prospects at the Twins and drive up the price so he doesn't go to the Yankees. What I'm interested in is what the Sox do with Schilling, Clay Buccholz, and Jon Lester.

the braves will not be trading yunel he is cheap and renteria's contract is up, and for coco and masterson are you they could do alot better than that if they wanted to go down that route they should ask for lester at the least! and what that coco-hansen for santana is the worst trade proposal I have ever heard lol,omg, are you insane??? if the twins would even consider trading santana to the AL and a playoff contender like the red sox they the talks must start with a package of buchholz-ellusby and even another prospect santana is the best pitcher in baseball and they do not come cheap..........