Monday, June 27, 2005
Red Sox Hub Trade Rumor Central
Monday, June 27th 2004
Boston Red Sox are interested in A.J. Burnett and Mark Kotsay
Maybe Burnett could replace D'Lowe
both on and off the field...
The Marlins are engaged in preliminary discussions about A.J. Burnett with the Orioles and a second, unidentified American League club-Red Sox???
Their goal in trading Burnett, who will be a free agent at the end of the season, would be to obtain three major-league parts — a young starting pitcher, quality reliever and left-handed hitting outfielder.
Papelbon, Cla Meredith, and Payton(Sox could trade him for a lefty hitting OF in a 3 way deal) would get this done. The Red Sox would only make this deal if they could pull off a Schilling type trade and sign Burnett to a reasonable long term deal. Including Bronson Arroyo in this deal would make zero sense.
-THE HUB
The Red Sox would like to add another starting pitcher and inquired about Burnett at the winter meetings last December. The Sox would have difficulty meeting the Marlins' exact needs, but could build a package that includes their top prospect, Double-A shortstop Hanley Ramirez, along with right-handed starter Bronson Arroyo.
–Rosenthal, Fox
Kotsay What?:
Monday, June 27th 2004
Boston Red Sox are interested in A.J. Burnett and Mark Kotsay
Maybe Burnett could replace D'Lowe
both on and off the field...
The Marlins are engaged in preliminary discussions about A.J. Burnett with the Orioles and a second, unidentified American League club-Red Sox???
Their goal in trading Burnett, who will be a free agent at the end of the season, would be to obtain three major-league parts — a young starting pitcher, quality reliever and left-handed hitting outfielder.
Papelbon, Cla Meredith, and Payton(Sox could trade him for a lefty hitting OF in a 3 way deal) would get this done. The Red Sox would only make this deal if they could pull off a Schilling type trade and sign Burnett to a reasonable long term deal. Including Bronson Arroyo in this deal would make zero sense.
-THE HUB
The Red Sox would like to add another starting pitcher and inquired about Burnett at the winter meetings last December. The Sox would have difficulty meeting the Marlins' exact needs, but could build a package that includes their top prospect, Double-A shortstop Hanley Ramirez, along with right-handed starter Bronson Arroyo.
–Rosenthal, Fox
Hanley AND Bronson for a free agent to be #3 Marlins starter?
Not gonna happen Kenny Boy. -THE HUB
Hanley is not going anywhere....
Kotsay What?:
he Red Sox, Cubs, and Yankees are having trade talks with the A’s regarding Mark Kotsay. The Red Sox interest is lukewarm, and is probably designed to drive up the bidding price for the Yankees. The Sox could acquire Kotsay and deal Johnny Damon to the Cubs for pitching, but they're cautiously optimistic about re-signing Damon.
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Material from other writers and web sources is used in Hub reports.
