MLB 2010-2011 Off Season Thread

**Emperor Smeat** · 03-12-2011, 05:36 PM

Red Sox put a bunch of players on potential trade block for future deals.

Red Sox are are only willing to give up either Cameron or McDonald and not both due to needing some experience for OF depth.

Wakefield could be dealt for a younger pitcher (developing or starting quality) but he wants to retire as a Red Sox. Dice-K would need to drop his no-trade clause for any deal while the Red Sox would have to eat most of his contract in any deal done.

Marco Scutaro is also on the list due to the Red Sox finding more long term value in Jed Lowrie and Jose Iglesias.

**Damian Rey** · 03-12-2011, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball

Marco Scutaro is also on the list due to the Red Sox finding more long term value in Jed Lowrie and Jose Iglesias.

When reports that the fourth player in the Gonzalez deal stated that the Padres would be getting a MLB level player as the PTBNL, I was praying that Lowrie was the guy.

Solid defense, and a really good stick. His only issue has been staying healthy, but if you look him up on baseball-reference.com, and see what his career numbers average out to over 162 games, you'd see that, offensively, he's be an above average shortstop.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...owrije01.shtml

If he stayed healthy and punched 40 doubles at Petco Park year in and year, he'd be insanely valuable. Alas, we got stuck with Eric Patterson, instead

**Vox Populi** · 03-13-2011, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball

Red Sox put a bunch of players on potential trade block for future deals.

Red Sox are are only willing to give up either Cameron or McDonald and not both due to needing some experience for OF depth.

Wakefield could be dealt for a younger pitcher (developing or starting quality) but he wants to retire as a Red Sox. Dice-K would need to drop his no-trade clause for any deal while the Red Sox would have to eat most of his contract in any deal done.

Marco Scutaro is also on the list due to the Red Sox finding more long term value in Jed Lowrie and Jose Iglesias.

Gordon Edes is the source here, and he's not exactly a beacon of reliable information in the first place, never mind the fact that some of the names he's tossed out there have zero trade value.

**Emperor Smeat** · 03-13-2011, 01:02 AM

Its not soo much about the Red Sox deciding to trade away a bunch of players but if some team gave an offer for any of those players, the Red Sox would show some consideration. They do this every Spring Training but most of the time its just the extra minor league players they put on a list or consider moving.

I agree with Vox Populi that almost all those names have no real value besides maybe a low level prospect and would cost the Red Sox more money to get rid of then to trade (ex. eating up most of Dice-K's contract in any deal).

The main goal for the Red Sox is to still get another veteran catcher due to the void Martinez left and their previous catcher they groomed to be their future falling out of favor with the team (left for Yankees for a year and returned but lost his status).

03-12-2011, 05:36 PM	#1
Emperor Smeat Former TPWW Royalty Posts: 66,666	Red Sox put a bunch of players on potential trade block for future deals. Red Sox are are only willing to give up either Cameron or McDonald and not both due to needing some experience for OF depth. Wakefield could be dealt for a younger pitcher (developing or starting quality) but he wants to retire as a Red Sox. Dice-K would need to drop his no-trade clause for any deal while the Red Sox would have to eat most of his contract in any deal done. Marco Scutaro is also on the list due to the Red Sox finding more long term value in Jed Lowrie and Jose Iglesias.

03-13-2011, 01:02 AM	#4
Emperor Smeat Former TPWW Royalty Posts: 66,666	Its not soo much about the Red Sox deciding to trade away a bunch of players but if some team gave an offer for any of those players, the Red Sox would show some consideration. They do this every Spring Training but most of the time its just the extra minor league players they put on a list or consider moving. I agree with Vox Populi that almost all those names have no real value besides maybe a low level prospect and would cost the Red Sox more money to get rid of then to trade (ex. eating up most of Dice-K's contract in any deal). The main goal for the Red Sox is to still get another veteran catcher due to the void Martinez left and their previous catcher they groomed to be their future falling out of favor with the team (left for Yankees for a year and returned but lost his status).