The Red Sox are not done yet. The team, which announced the signings of right-hander John Lackey and center fielder Mike Cameron on Wednesday, is working hard to obtain Padres first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, according to major-league sources. A deal is not close, and might not happen at all, sources said. Jed Hoyer, the Padres’ new general manager -- and Red Sox’s former assistant GM -- wants a high price for Gonzalez, whose contract is one of the biggest bargains in baseball. “Jed has been asking for a ton,” one source said. Gonzalez, 27, is signed for $4.75 million next season with a $5.5 million club option for 2011. He hit 40 home runs last season despite playing his home games at pitcher-friendly Petco Park. If the Red Sox acquired him, they would shift first baseman Kevin Youkilis to third. The addition of Lackey will give the Red Sox the flexibility to trade right-hander Clay Buchholz, who likely would be the centerpiece of any package for Gonzalez. Likewise, the addition of Cameron will give them the flexibility to trade outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury. A separate person familiar with Boston’s position said the team is becoming comfortable with the idea of trading Buchholz. But the source expressed doubt that the Red Sox would include outfielder Ryan Westmoreland or pitcher Casey Kelly in the deal; at present, the Padres are trying to obtain one of the two high-level prospects.
I can't even begin to tell you how badly I want Adrian Gonzalez. The addition of that one player puts the Sox so far above the Yankees it's not even funny. Gonzo comes on board and we become that much younger, faster, stronger and just overall better than the Yanks for a solid 5 years. However, I can't trade Jacoby. I'm just way too attached to him. Firm believer in you don't get rid of young talent who already won a ring for you. If you have a player like Gonzo in the line up then Ellsbury is the exact person you want running the base paths. Send Bucholz away. That's one shit head I don't give a fuck about. Then you throw the kitchen sink worth of prospects at them. Unless you have a kid like Hanley Ramirez who is ready to make an impact this season then ship the prospects away because that's all they are. A prospect. I don't wanna wait 3 years for some punk to get his shit together. I want immediate impact guys. Just imagine going into a playoff series facing Beckett, Lester, Lackey. You're already down 3-0 then you think about Youk, Gonzo, V-mart, Pedroia, Drew and Papi pounding the shit out of the ball. Smelsl like a team on the brink of a dynasty.
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