Trade Wells to a contender?

[Soxfan1]

Wow. When this team gets better i'm going to tell Jsinger to STFU.

[jsinger121]

Wow. When this team gets better i'm going to tell Jsinger to STFU.

 

honestly what have you seen out of this team to make you think they are going to get better and make the playoffs?

[a700hitter]

It's borderline delusional to think this team can make the playoffs, and if they do make it by a miracle, they'll go 3 and out.

[Beckett95]

Neither of those guys will be back for at least 2 weeks maybe 3. By then the season is practically over and the sox will be further out.

 

we'll be atleast 6 games back by that point

[Ray10]

I didn't even know the Sox were shopping Loretta. If they do does that mean that Pedroia will be the new 2nd basemen for the Sox for the rest of the season. And yes the Sox should trade Wells just to get rid of him to any team that can give us something decent in return for him. It doesn't have to be a contender they just have to be a team who has something to offer the Sox in return.

[jsinger121]

I didn't even know the Sox were shopping Loretta. If they do does that mean that Pedroia will be the new 2nd basemen for the Sox for the rest of the season. And yes the Sox should trade Wells just to get rid of him to any team that can give us something decent in return for him. It doesn't have to be a contender they just have to be a team who has something to offer the Sox in return.

 

The Red Sox wouldn't trade Wells unless it was to a contender because no team out of the race would give anything for him.

[elsrbueno]

Wow. When this team gets better i'm going to tell Jsinger to STFU.

 

I have to agree with jsinger-- this team doesn't look like a playoff team to me.

 

I think as fans its expected and acceptable to have HOPE that they can rebound. Why not? If we didn't have hope why would we spend 3 hours a night listening (or watching for you more privelaged fans) or hundreds of dollars on tickets/hot dogs/sodas at the ballpark. From a fan's perspective, hope is all we've got.

 

Theo and his team have to take a different perspective. They have to say "Do we have a REALISTIC chance to win the division/wild card?" If so, they can keep guys like Loretta and Wells in good conscience.

 

What do we have left, 30 games? Let's say the Yankees win 20 of those 30 games, the Red Sox would have to win 25.

 

Is this a team that can go 25-5? I don't think so. This team COULD go 20-10 with some luck and a few guys step up, but does anyone here expect the White Sox, Twins, AND the Yankees to all win only 15 games from here on out (basically .500 ball) while the Red Sox play .667 ball? Not bloody likely.

 

If I'm Theo, I trade the likes of Loretta and Wells if I get a good offer. This is a flawed team (especially without Nixon and Tek) and even if the Red Sox got hot and won 20 of the next 30 games, the Yankees or Twins and White Sox would have to play .500 ball or worse. I just don't see that happening.

 

This is different from the 2004 ALCS because it was 100% in the Sox' hands. If they won, their direct competitor also lost. That means that they could do it all by themselves, and they did. The Red Sox need to depend on the Royals and the Devil Rays of the world to beat up on the Twins/White Sox/Yankees AND they need to win. There are too many variables there.

 

We as fans can hope. We have no control over what the team does/doesn't do. From a REALISTIC perspective though, we've got very little chance of making the playoffs this year.

[jsinger121]

It's coming to the point where he's pitching good enough where teams will give you something for him.

[RedSoxRooter]

I think Chicago or the Twins could use him right now. I wonder what we could ask for.

[a700hitter]

It's coming to the point where he's pitching good enough where teams will give you something for him.

IMO the FO doesn't have the balls to move him. They will not publicly admit their failure -- that this is not a playoff caliber team-- with four games still to play with the Yankees. By that time it will be too late to make a trade, Losing 4 more to the Yankees would be a disaster for the FO. You can check the record books, but I've been watching for 39 years and I don't remember losing 9 straight to the Yankees, not during their championship runs, not even during the Butch Hobson crack-pipe years. The FO will not risk going to Yankee stadium with a bunch of rookies from AA and AAA. I think that about now management is starting to realize that they may have pushed their strategy too far too fast and they have a s*** team to show for it.

[jsinger121]

I think Chicago or the Twins could use him right now. I wonder what we could ask for.

 

1 mid to low level guy who might have upside should get it done.

[a700hitter]

1 mid to low level guy who might have upside should get it done.

Don't see it happening. Not enough courage by the FO, unless the team falls another 4 games out in the next 5 days.

[jsinger121]

Don't see it happening. Not enough courage by the FO, unless the team falls another 4 games out in the next 5 days.

 

That's not to much to ask with the way these guys are playing.

[a700hitter]

That's not to much to ask with the way these guys are playing.

You are right about that, but the Yankees are tanking too.

[jsinger121]

You are right about that, but the Yankees are tanking too.

 

The Yankees will still outslug most teams which will lead to wins. The sox can't pitch and they are struggling to even hit.

[a700hitter]

The Yankees will still outslug most teams which will lead to wins. The sox can't pitch and they are struggling to even hit.

If the Yankees don't snap out of their funk and put some more distance this week, the FO will continue to cling to false hope.

[jsinger121]

If the Yankees don't snap out of their funk and put some more distance this week, the FO will continue to cling to false hope.

 

They will when they stop playing the Angels.

[a700hitter]

They will when they stop playing the Angels.

They lost 2 to Seattle. This skid may not be Angel-specific. Don't forget that Moose is on the DL.

[AlexanderTheGreat13]

Yankees recent skid doesnt suprise me. This team is gased. 21 games in 20 days? They need to come home and get an off day. This skid wont last long esp after next Sunday as the schedule gets much easier.

[schillingouttheks]

Blue Jays '06 AL East champions!!!

[eZ_d0eS_iT]

They will when they stop playing the Angels.

:harhar: me and my cousin were there for 2 of the games over the weekend, it was AWESOME! if only science could figure out a way to bottle whatever it was that allows the yankees to be the angel's bitch, then make sure the sox could pound it by the caseload!

[Mr Crunchy]

:harhar: me and my cousin were there for 2 of the games over the weekend, it was AWESOME! if only science could figure out a way to bottle whatever it was that allows the yankees to be the angel's bitch, then make sure the sox could pound it by the caseload!

 

i believe they call it pitching but then again

that wouldnt explain the 12-8 game from saturday

 

the angels do pitch very well

for whatever reason we match up better with them than ny does

i think they'd be hard to beat in a 7game set

[BoSox34]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2565280

[jsinger121]

That tells me they are serious about cleaning house of some veterans and just closing up shop in 2006.

[riverside sluggers]

Good Im glad to hear this, Wells deserves to be on a playoff team before he closes the door on his career. How about chance of him going to the Twins? A top 3 of Santana, Liriano & Wells in the playoffs sounds very good

[Mr Crunchy]

3 lefties??

maybe oakland as hes a cali boy and his mama was a hells angel skull queen or something to that effect

[AlexanderTheGreat13]

Can he veto any trade? Because if he can I dont see him going anywhere but the west coast.

[jsinger121]

Can he veto any trade? Because if he can I dont see him going anywhere but the west coast.

 

he does not have a no trade clause. he can go anywhere the red sox trade him.

[jsinger121]

Update on the wells situation from Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe

 

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2006/08/wells_on_block.html

[RedSoxRooter]

Padres, Dodger or Cards? What could we get???

 

Buster Olney supposedly just reported an 80-90% chance Wells will be traided to one of those teams in the next 48 hrs.

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2565280