It's WEEI. Don't let it trouble you. Melky Cabrera sucks, and has sucked for the Braves. Vizcaino was the real talent in that trade. So yes, the Red Sox did not have a young, proven mediocrity in the outfield to include in a trade.
Also, fairly certain that they wouldn't have traded Buchholz OR Ellsbury for Curtis Granderson, let alone both. If it for some reason comforts you, the Red Sox could easily trade Casey Kelly, Lars Anderson, Jose Iglesias and Will Middlebrooks and get something better than either Granderson or Vazquez. The only disturbing thing is that Ellsbury hasn't played all freaking season, leaving us with an outfield of Bill Hall and Darnell McDonald (and my fantasy team with no stolen bases). Steve O On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > From Alex Speier (sic) at WEEI.com: > > This offseason, the Sox shaped their offseason roster primarily through > free agency in no small part because of how the team valued the young center > fielder. The club contemplated pursuing starter Javier > Vazquez<http://audio.weei.com/baseball/boston-red-sox/javier-lopez.htm>from > the > Braves <http://audio.weei.com/baseball/atlanta-braves.htm>, but it became > clear that Atlanta <http://audio.weei.com/basketball/atlanta-hawks.htm>would > want a young big-league outfielder in return. In the case of the Sox, > according to major > league<http://audio.weei.com/baseball/major-league-baseball.htm>sources, that > would have meant Ellsbury, a cost the Sox deemed too high. And > so, Vazquez ended up with the Yankees (in exchange for Melky > Cabrera<http://audio.weei.com/baseball/new-york-yankees/melky-cabrera.htm>and > prospects Mike > Dunn <http://audio.weei.com/baseball/boston-red-sox/mike-lowell.htm> and > Arodys Vizcaino), and the Sox ended up acquiring John > Lackey<http://audio.weei.com/john-lackey.htm>as a free agent. > The Sox considered pursuing > Tigers<http://audio.weei.com/baseball/detroit-tigers.htm>outfielder Curtis > Granderson<http://audio.weei.com/baseball/new-york-yankees/curtis-granderson.htm>. > But again, doing so would have meant parting ways with Ellsbury (as well as > other key pitchers such as Clay Buchholz and/or Daniel > Bard<http://audio.weei.com/daniel-bard.htm>), > and so, the Sox decided to hold onto their inventory of young talent and > round out their outfield with Mike > Cameron<http://audio.weei.com/mike-cameron.htm> > . > > > http://www.weei.com/sports/boston/baseball/red-sox/alex-speier/2010/05/21/things-we-learned-ellsbury-set-punctuate-key-w?page=0,0 > > > Interesting and troubling. So, by this account, the Sox didn't have as much > young talent as the Yankees do to fill the holes on their major league > roster. Ellsbury obviously couldn't be included in both deals. And even if > they focused on just one deal they would have had to severly ding the major > league squad to do it. (Buchholz, Bard AND Ellsbury?!!?.) > > I'm not sure this passes the smell test. > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Red Sox Citizens" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<redsoxcitizens%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en.
