Red Sox take the lead in the Santana sweepstakes!!!

[The Lovedoc]

Despite the exclusion of Jacoby Ellsbury, Walters says the Red Sox have the lead in the Johan Santana sweepstakes. The package would be Coco Crisp, Jed Lowrie, Jon Lester, and Justin Masterson. Not a bad haul. I was thinking Lowrie might become a target of the Twins.


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Wow, if the sox dont give up ellsbury or buccholz its a freakin big time steal for the sox. Lester is not good...Coco sucks and Lowrie and Masterson are just prospects.... I'm calling Shennanigans if this happens!!!!!!

[TwoTonTony]

Despite the exclusion of Jacoby Ellsbury, Walters says the Red Sox have the lead in the Johan Santana sweepstakes. The package would be Coco Crisp, Jed Lowrie, Jon Lester, and Justin Masterson. Not a bad haul. I was thinking Lowrie might become a target of the Twins.


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Wow, if the sox dont give up ellsbury or buccholz its a freakin big time steal for the sox. Lester is not good...Coco sucks and Lowrie and Masterson are just prospects.... I'm calling Shennanigans if this happens!!!!!!

Lester is not good>???? are you kidding.......As of last year 2006 the Red Sox scouting had him rated as the Top Pitching Prospect with Jon Paplebon....

What would make you believe Lester is not good? I mean he has been sick and he made a nice comeback...


Coco sucks?? are you kidding....one of the best defensive cf's in the league.....and his stick is not great but .270ish for most clubs is okay....


But that being said....i still make the deal

[The Lovedoc]

Hughes, Melky > Lester, Coco


Nuff said

[kbsooner21]

Hughes, Melky > Lester, Coco


Nuff said

about comparing anyone to your Yanks? Go crawl back in your hole Scum!

[xstac2169]

I wish baseball would instill a salary cap. There would be more parity and baseball as a whole would be better and benefit more from it. No one goes to D' Ray or Royals games for a reason. They can not afford the talent to win and its sick. Even when they develop the young talent, they just trade them to get more young talent because they can not afford what they developed.

[TwoTonTony]

I wish baseball would instill a salary cap. There would be more parity and baseball as a whole would be better and benefit more from it. No one goes to D' Ray or Royals games for a reason. They can not afford the talent to win and its sick. Even when they develop the young talent, they just trade them to get more young talent because they can not afford what they developed.

bitch to them because they take the $30 million subsidy each year and pocket it instead of spending on their teams

[BigWeiner]

What a joke. The Red Sox won't trade that little fast guy Ellisbury for Johan??? Hughes is better than Lester, and Cabrera is better than Crisp. I doubt this rumor is true.

[10DimeBry]

I find it laughable that you think Lester isnt as good as Hughes?.......based on what? IMO they are about the same.


Hughes 5-3 record 4.46 era 58k 2007

Lester 4-0 record 4.57era 50k 2007

lester 2006 7-2record 4.76era 60k

[The Lovedoc]

ESPN.com says that the Red Sox and Twins have laid the framework for a deal that would send Lester, Lowrie, Crisp, and Bowden to the Twins for Santana.

[jmarty6969]

chado has a lead with his sock trick doc

maybe he will show it to ya

[10DimeBry]

i like that deal.


Yo-han
beckett
dice-k
buchholtz
schilling

[BigWeiner]

I find it laughable that you think Lester isnt as good as Hughes?.......based on what? IMO they are about the same.


Hughes 5-3 record 4.46 era 58k 2007

Lester 4-0 record 4.57era 50k 2007

lester 2006 7-2record 4.76era 60k

Lester has two decent years under his belt, he was ok in the minors, 3.92 ERA at AAA 51 K's in 71 innings. Phil Hughes dominated in the minors. Phil Hughes has better stuff and better potential, that's what I base it on.

[The Lovedoc]

i like that deal.


Yo-han
beckett
dice-k
buchholtz
schilling

If that happens....might as well not even play baseball for the next 5 years.... sox will be champions again, again again again and again

[BigWeiner]

If that happens....might as well not even play baseball for the next 5 years.... sox will be champions again, again again again and again

It would be such a good trade for the RedSox, they can't wait to get rid of Crisp, so basically they'd be upgrading from Lester to Johan. The Yankees would have to trade for Bedard or Haren to even have a chance and neither of those two is Johan. I still can't believe the RedSox wouldn't give up the little speedy white guy Ellsbury to make this trade happen, just because Ben Aflack has a green jersey with his name on the back. We're talking about Johan Santana the best pitcher in baseball, what the hell is Ellsbury gonna do, go first to third on a base hit, big deal?

[BigWeiner]

Wouldn't you take Buchholtz over Lester?


According to the Boston Herald, the Red Sox have made it clear to the Twins that they'd be willing to part with one -- but not two -- from a group of Clay Buchholz, Jon Lester and Jacoby Ellsbury in a Johan Santana trade.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports that the Red Sox have offered Lester, Coco Crisp, Justin Masterson and Jed Lowrie for Santana, which the Twins consider to be the best offer to date.