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Two Carl Crawford Deals That Could Have Been

By Ben Nicholson-Smith | March 4, 2011 at 1:33pm CDT

Boston offered Victor Martinez to Tampa Bay for Carl Crawford before the 2010 season, according to Tom Verducci of SI.com. Though the Rays were open to the deal, they told the Red Sox they’d have to pursue other trades to make the swap work. Tampa Bay’s secondary moves fell through, so Crawford and Martinez stayed put.

The Red Sox weren't the only AL East team with interest in Crawford, but they showed considerably more interest than the Yankees. Crawford told Rob Bradford of WEEI.com that he doesn't think the Yankees were seriously interested in his services last winter when he hit free agency. “If the Yankees want somebody they go out and get them, don’t they?,” Crawford asked. Cliff Lee notwithstanding, he has a point.

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  1. Zack

    13 years ago

    Wow, thats pretty crazy, I wonder what the other deal was.

    Reply
  2. RedSoxDynasty

    13 years ago

    This doesnt make sense cuz who would have been the Sox catcher unless they had a FA or trade contingency plan! Still kinda ironic how things turned out after the fact!

    Reply
    • notsureifsrs

      13 years ago

      mike cameron signed on december 14th, so this all must have taken place before then – likely during the winter meetings. that would have given them some time to acquire a stopgap catcher

      Reply
    • The_Silver_Stacker

      13 years ago

      It wasn’t like TB was going to lock up V-Mart to an expensive contract as well. Certainly a head scratcher.

      Reply
      • wolf9309

        13 years ago

        well it sounds like TB thought they might be able to flip him for someone else

        Reply
    • kdawg89

      13 years ago

      There may have been some other players involved in the deal…Maybe Navarro or Shoppach??

      Reply
    • PJaysW

      13 years ago

      This is not an example of irony.

      Reply
    • RedSoxDynasty

      13 years ago

      Of course this is ironic! We still ended up essentially swapping Crawford for VMart as we don’t sign one unless we let the other go to Detroit! Hence, irony as we still got one while losing the other anyways!

      Reply
      • 0bsessions

        13 years ago

        That’s not irony, that’s an amusing coincidence. There is absolutely nothing ironic about it.

        Reply
        • RedSoxDynasty

          13 years ago

          Alannis Morrissette agrees with me!

          Reply
          • RedSoxDynasty

            13 years ago

            The sox pretended to want to trade for Crawford when in, in fact, they planned on signing him as a free agent all along! Isn’t it ironic, dont ya think?

            Reply
  3. The_Silver_Stacker

    13 years ago

    I imagine there are more of these “deals” that were offered by other teams around the league, but don’t get any attention since they never happened.

    Reply
  4. garylanglais

    13 years ago

    No way this would have been a 1-for-1 swap. CC was picked up with a $10m club option for ’10 season and VMart was picked up with a $7m club option for ’10. Rays were in there last year of contention and would not sacrifice a $3m payroll cut to give up a top 15 player in the league. I understand the other options the Rays had at OF were much better than the alternatives at C but still dont think it makes up the difference. Prospects would have to have been included.

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    • andrewyf

      13 years ago

      Of course it wouldn’t have been a one-for-one swap. That’s why the Rays said no.

      Reply
    • Green_Monster

      13 years ago

      That doesn’t make any sense, you said they were in contention and would not give up Crawford. But then you said they would need prospects. How would that help them if they were in contention?

      Reply
  5. hardcoreforhardcore

    13 years ago

    Slow news day, eh?

    Reply
    • BlueSkyLA

      13 years ago

      You mean a story about a trade that didn’t happen over a year ago isn’t news?

      Reply
  6. BlueSkyLA

    13 years ago

    Meanwhile, in baseball news not involving Boston or New York…

    Reply
    • Green_Monster

      13 years ago

      Meanwhile, Dodgers Sign Randy Keisler

      Reply
    • wolf9309

      13 years ago

      you know this site doesn’t make the news right? They just report it. Because there’s a lot more media covering NY and Boston, there are a lot more stories about them.

      Reply
      • BlueSkyLA

        13 years ago

        Nope, they just ignore or pass over much of the rest.

        Reply
  7. JohnKruksWaistline

    13 years ago

    …so…if Martinez for Crawford is one deal…what’s the other?

    Reply
    • Shawn K

      13 years ago

      Bowden, Lowrie, Dusty Brown, and John Papelbon for Longoria and Carl Crawford?

      Reply

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