DropKickFlutie

It was a rumor last night and this morning it's a done deal.

Gonzalez for Kelley, Rizzo, and one or two others (Kalish?)

Hoyer and his assistant are very familiar with our farm system. Our system has less duds compared to others, yielding recent studs like Hanley Ramirez, Lester, Buchholz, Papelbon, Pedroia, Ellsbury, Bard, etc.

So, there's a good chance the Sox traded away some really legit talent to get Gonzalez.

Youk moves to third. Still holes at catcher and LF. I just don't understand why the team didn't spend that little bit extra for Mark Teixera before, and we would still have these prospects.

cmasspatsfan

You must spend too much time listening to Massarotti, Texeira wasnt coming here, no matter what we offered the Yanks would have trumped our offer and he always wanted to go the NY.
I think we're fine at catcher, Salty's better than people give him credit and Teks fine if he catches 35-40 games over the season. Maybe they sign Werth now since we're left handed heavy in the lineup, if not we have Cameron, Ellsbury, Drew and Kalish unless Kalish is included in the Agon deal.
Not sure if we have enough chips left to get Justin Upton but that would make for an awesome lineup.

DarrylS

Wow, as much as I wanted this to happen did not see this coming so soon.

Good/great move.. did not have to give up Bucholz/Bard/Lester or any of our young players on the roster.

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cmasspatsfan

According to Gordon Edes twitter

We keep Iglesias and Kalish, this is a no brainer. Now we need a bullpen.

jrs1982

Good trade IMO, I still would like to see them go after Crawford.

KontradictioN

This is fantastic news. Really made my morning. Now, if we can make some moves for Carl Crawford and add to our bullpen, our offseason will be complete and we'll be ready to leapfrog the Junkees.

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patsfan13

Too many lefties Werth of trade for Justin Upton. Need another R bat.

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cmasspatsfan

Was just about to repeat that, especially facing the Yankee lefties and Cliff Lee whether hes with Texas or NY. Werth muders lefties so that would be my bet although they may still make a play for Upton. Upton would cost more in terms of players since hes signed to a long term deal already and Arizona wants cost controlled major leaguers back in return.

Keyser Söze

Why the hell would anyone want Crawford? $100 mil for someone who's legs wont outlast the ridiculous contract? We already have Ellsbury and a step up from him isnt worth the money.

Go get Werth. Crawford would be a horrible idea, Theo is too smart for that.

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patsfan13

We will lose a number of farm hands next year in a roster crunch, Upton would provide great value given his contract. Upton, Werth and Ellsbury sounds pretty sweet..


Thrilled we didn't have to give up Ingleases in this trade.

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"Some guys play in all-star games, some guys don't. I don't know who picks all those all-star teams. In all honesty, I don't know who picks the combine, for that matter," Belichick said. "How does (Miami-Ohio offensive lineman Brandon) Brooks not get invited to the combine? How did Vollmer not get invited to the combine? I don't know. We can't really worry about that. We just have to try to evaluate them the best we can."