The rumor mill is heating up on a few players this cyber Monday. Here’s the latest:
Ken Rosenthal and John Paul Morosi of Fox Sports think the Red Sox prefer to sign Holliday over Jason Bay to get a better draft pick:
If the Sox lose Bay and sign both Holliday and free-agent shortstop Marco Scutaro, they not only will receive the same number of selections, but also might end up in better draft positions. Signing Holliday would cost the Sox their first-round pick. Signing Scutaro, a lower-ranking free agent, would cost them their second- round selection. But, if the Sox lose Bay after offering him salary arbitration, they will gain two picks — a likely first-rounder and the sandwich pick.
Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe thinks the Red Sox should sign Lackey to make Buchholz availabe to trade.
The ideal scenario for the Sox is signing Lackey and using Buchholz as a chip for a major hitter like Gonzalez or Cabrera.
and Oki wants to extend his contract:
“I requested to my agent that I’d like a personal translator to be brought in, adding, “more than money (salary), I want to play baseball in America even a year longer.”
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