I don't want Barry Zito, and I don't understand why everyone is so insistent on trading Nixon. He plays a decnt RF in Fenway (not easy), he's hitting .300 and he's one of the more patient batters we have. I say keep him til the end of the year unless he becomes involved in a package to fill a bigger need.
Trading Nixon for Zito (a) won't work with Beane, and ( isn't a very good trade from the Sox's standpoint either. Takes away the outfield depth we have. And also, as good as WMP has been lately, we need to remember he struggled mightily in RF at the start of the year.
Re-signing Nixon at the end of the year is one thing, but we don't have to trade Nixon.