I’m not sure whether to be more amazed by the abilities of this front office or the inabilities of 25 others. Hee Sop Choi, a man whose closest 2003 comp was David Ortiz and who looks every bit like a player who would have breakout potential if someone ever gave him a decent chance, […]

Just when you thought it was safe to pencil in a 25-man roster…

the Red Sox this morning completed a trade that would send Bronson Arroyo and an undisclosed amount of cash to the Cincinnati Reds, in exchange for 23 year old OF Wily Mo Pena. It’s a surprising move, though a subtraction from this […]

The Clemens-to-Boston rumors just won’t die.

If we were to sign him, it would be something of a coup. You have to imagine that of the 5 choices Randy Hendricks spoke of in the ProJo peice linked to above - Retirement, Boston, Houston, New York, and Texas - Boston would be his last choice; he’s […]

The new Miller/Mueller/Millar?

The Sox inked SS Alex Gonzalez to a one-year, 3 million dollar contract today, for some reason that apparently exists. Maybe Alex Cora got hit by a car and no one told us.

In other news, this ever-deepening organization has too many veterans to fit onto a 25 man roster at this point, […]

The roster and prospect lists have been updated to reflect the Crisp deal.

Once we trade David Wells -which I have no doubt will happen - here are your 2006 Red Sox:

C: Jason Varitek 1B: Kevin Youkilis 2B: Mark Loretta 3B: Mike Lowell SS: Alex Cora LF: Manny Ramirez CF: Coco Crisp RF: Trot Nixon DH: David Ortiz (Happy now, Earl?)

Backup C: Josh Bard CI: J.T. Snow MI: Tony Graffanino 4OF: Dustan Mohr 5OF: Adam Stern

SP: Curt Schilling SP: Josh […]

According to several different sources, including FOX Sports Ken Rosenthal (whose deal with the devil has allowed him to actually start being right about stuff this winter) and the Indians beat writer on MLB.com, the Crisp-Marte deal is on the verge of completion, pending yet another RP physical; the one for Arthur Rhodes, who would […]

The Sox yesterday inked bench/OF Dustan Mohr to a minor league deal, in order to shore up the backup outfield situation. I’ll go on record as being a big fan of this acquisition; I’ve been hoping the Sox would pick up Mohr for a while now, as he shows signs of having decent on-base […]

Sean McAdam apparently just gave a very illuminating interview on WEEI, which I completely missed. In that interview, he said the following:

Guillermo Mota has failed his physical in Cleveland, putting the Coco Crisp deal in serious jeopardy.

The word is that Alex Gonzalez will agree to a [...]

So, after taking a little time with this deal - which may or may not actually exist, and may or may not involve David Riske, Kelly Shoppach, and Josh Bard - I’ve decided I don’t hate it as much as I thought I did. Let’s be clear: I still think it isn’t a sound […]