The Red Sox are unlikely to make a significant deal before Opening Day, Tim Britton of the Providence Journal writes. Britton notes that, since 2000, 111 trades have been made between March 25 and April 5, and almost all of them have been small. That’s because, with rare exceptions (like the Padres’ acquisition of Craig Kimbrel last April 5), most teams focus on setting their rosters and making minor deals at the end of Spring Training. If they had intended to make bigger moves, they likely would have made them earlier. That’s why the Red Sox are unlikely to acquire, say, a top starter from the Indians, or Sonny Gray from the Athletics, at this point in time. Here’s more from the American League.
- The Twins have announced that they’ve reassigned veteran slugger Carlos Quentin. Via MLB.com’s Rhett Bollinger (on Twitter), the organization is allowing Quentin a few days to decide whether to accept a minor-league assignment. Quentin had a good spring, hitting two home runs while batting .250/.333/.500, but it’s tough to imagine him getting a big-league job without first taking a minor-league assignment, since he struggled with injury and performance in 2014 and spent most of the 2015 season away from the game after retiring last May.
- The Angels have released outfielder Trevor Gretzky, as noted on the MILBmoves Twitter account. The release of a 23-year-old Class A player might normally pass by unnoticed, but we mention this one because of Gretzky’s background. He’s the son of hockey great Wayne Gretzky, and the Cubs drafted him in the seventh round back in 2011. The Angels then acquired him two years ago for Matt Scioscia, the son of Angels manager Mike Scioscia. Gretzky hit .242/.312/.318 for Class A Burlington last year.
Wayne Gretzky’s son is 23? Boy, am I old.
Don’t feel bad, I’m probably older as I realized that Ken Griffeys kid has already retired. Now that’s old.
I started feeling old when I saw the third generation Yastrzemski arrive on the scene.
He should try pitching or playing hockey.
Or golf w/ his bro in-law
Jackie Bradley Jr, Casey Kelly, and Lars Anderson for Sonny Gray?
throw in charlie zink
I don’t believe Lars Anderson is still with the club.
Neither is Casey Kelly. He was one of the pieces the Red Sox gave up for Adrian Gonzalez.
That’s no problem! Casey Kelly hasn’t been in Boston since 2010, but I’m sure they can sort out those minor problems later lol. Really hope that was a sarcastic proposal
If the Sox have to give up Anderson, the A’s are gonna have to throw in Josh Donaldson.
Throw in Pablo Sandoval and a couple of bags of bbq sunflower seeds and you have yourself a deal
Sorry BBQ seeds are just too much. Will you settle for plain?
Sandoval ate the sunflower seeds already.
This is a typical Red Sox fan trade scenario.
You give us a young, controllable, potential future Cy Young winner who won’t be a free agent for 4 more seasons.
We’ll give you this spare outfielder we have who couldn’t hit water if he fell out of a boat, a reliever who isn’t with our team anymore but has an ERA higher than his IQ, and a 1B, also not with our team anymore who can’t even hit in the minors.
Good trade?
That’s a fan trade scenario for every team, and when they don’t actually make that trade they’ll roast the GM for missed opportunities..
You are treading on bigpapi4life territory now. Lets leave the stupid post to him please.
The last player drafted in the 7th round that year: Ken Giles.
Quentin looks constipated.
JBJ + Pablo + Devers should get it done. Gray would look good slotting in behind Porcelo for my Sox.
Should release Terry Ryan