Do the Red Sox make a good trade partner?

[Klements Bratwurst]

It seems as if the Schilling signing of $8 million wasn't that good of an idea after all:

 

Schilling has a serious shoulder injury

 

With that said, what do you Brewerfan.netters want from the Redsox for one of Bush, Capuano, or in my opinion Vargas?

[MillerParkSouth]

the problem is, they already have decent pitching depth, and none of our remaining guys are appreciably better than what they already have.

[DrWood]

I don't think they'd want any of those guys as they already have 5 guys that can start without including Schilling. Maybe more than that, I don't know what Papelbon is doing. Boston would only want one of those guys if another injury crops up. They might want sheets or gallardo, though...

[KCBrewerfan34]

Would Ellsbury, Lester & a prospect (mid-level) be enough for the board FOR Sheets?

[Klements Bratwurst]

Good comments, the author was implicating that the Red Sox may need a "6th starter" type because in fact they are well covered as mentioned in the 1-5 spots in the rotation and also free agency isn't going to help them much at all at this point.

 

Capuano and Bush aren't 6th starter types to the Brewers but they are considered such only because of the log jam we have of 4-5 starters currently on the roster. Vargas is a 6th Starter in my opinion. He is a guy you don't want to start considering our other options in Bush and Cappy are better.

 

I wonder if maybe the Red Sox are willing to afford some rotation depth by keeping an arby starter at arby dollars on their roster and offload some young relief help to the Crew?? A catching prospect?

[dadofandrew]

They would not give up Ellsbury and Lester in the same deal for Santana, they certainly are not doing it for Sheets.

 

Theo understands the value of prospects, as they have a loaded farm system. They are in a position to be strong for 5-7 years.

[KCBrewerfan34]

The difference with Santana is in addition to the prospects it also would cost them $150 million dollars as well. Sheets will not get that much IMO in FA.

[mothershipconnection]

Would Ellsbury, Lester & a prospect (mid-level) be enough for the board FOR Sheets?

 

Umm, yep.

[recte44]

Gimme Ellsbury, Lester and Masterson or Jed Lowrie. They can have Sheets.

[JohnBriggs12]

I don't think the Red Sox (or any other team) really wants to go into spring with just 5 starters. If Schilling is out, you can bet they will consider signing a guy like Colon or Lohse or deal.

 

The problem they would have if they wanted Sheets say for Lester and a guy like Jed Lowrie for instance is that would still leave them with 5 starters, one of whom, Sheets is not too reliable. So if you dealt them Sheets, you might have to still add a 6th starter like Capuano to get Lester

 

Here's my thinking: Sheets, Capuano, and Gross for Lester, Crisp (have to take some salary back somewhere and here's your CF for 25 games and perhaps 09 too), and either Lowrie or catching prospect Kottaras. If they wanted just a 6th starter type, we certainly have some to choose from and they do have prospects to deal.

[dadofandrew]

Trade Ben and Chris for a SP and a reserve CF (and a prospect) would weaken the team considerably for '08. No chance of that.

[brewmann04]

hopefully doug at the very least made a phone call to theo to see what up there.

[RobertR]

I'd be happy picking up CoCo Crisp. Start him in April in CF and then shift him around as needed for the rest of the season. Possibly give him a chance to be the starting CFer in 2009. Or move him in a later trade. Certainly, I think he'd be far more valuable than Gabe Kapler and Tony Gwynn Jr. this year.

 

He certainly seems a more attainable sort than some of the names mentioned, at least if we're discussing the likes of Bush and Vargas.

 

Robert

[dadofandrew]

Robert, I don't see Crisp as a match, while a fine defensive CF, how many of those do you need? I see him as a well below average corner OF in case of injury.

 

EDIT: Removed reference to Crisp hitting RH, he is a switch-hitter.