So they decided to compete next year after all! The Red Sox have come to an agreement with free agent pitcher John Lackey for 5 years and somewhere in the $80 million range. While this most likely takes them out of the running for Holliday (Bay has reportedly decided to bid Boston farewell), it makes for a formidable 1-2-3 atop the rotation, with Lester, Lackey, and Beckett (I'm not yet sure in what order). This move could free up Buchholz to be shipped off to...I don't know...San Diego...for a certain power-hitting, strong-fielding first baseman. Left field and first or third base (if Lowell is indeed traded) still remain on the to-do list, but acquiring a pitcher of Lackey's caliber is a step in the right direction.
In other baseball news, one elite pitcher is traded out of the American League and another, back in. The Phillies, Blue Jays, and Mariners pulled off a blockbuster today with trading Halladay to Philly and Lee to Seattle. King Felix and Cliff Lee in the same rotation...shiver me timbers! Thank goodness the Ms are not in the AL East. I don't know who the Jays got in this deal, but Halladay and Lee are the only big names, I think.
LET'S GO RED SOX!!!!!!
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