Sox Should Trade for Santana

I know nobody wants to lose Buchhotz or Lester because they are young and promising. We all witnessed what Buchhotz is capable of with his no-hitter this year and we watched Lester pitch a great game 4 of the World Series but they are not guaranteed to be dominant Major League pitchers. Santana is. He did not win the Cy Young this year and he was 15-13 but he did lead the league in K’s. Santana has a career 3.22 ERA, he is only 28 and he will continue to be an All-Star. This opportunity will not arrive again so Boston needs to take advantage of the situation they are in. The price may be steep but it is worth it to have a rotation of Beckett, Santana, Dice-K, Shilling, and Wake. Some other things to consider: Hideo Nomo pitched a no-hitter for the Sox and not all good young pitching works out (Jeff Weaver, Aaron Sele) If Theo doesn’t get Santana the Yankees will. As Schilling’s shirt says…”why not us?”