BZ's "Pick-5" 2012

Not sure that all of these will happen but I think a trade will be in the works and took a chance on Cahill

My rationale: The Red Sox need a proven closer and 2 starters plus a 3rd baseman & RF with pop.

In this scenario Ortiz is let go and Youk is the primary DH but can rotate with Ramirez and Gonzo in the field.
Also, Reddick and others (not sure who ) are traded to Oakland for Cahill so the As shed salary and pickup a cheap OF (they could be losing their entire OF so it might be win-win).

I think this makes sense since the Sox pick up 2 right handed bats and gain flexibility at DH. I am not crazy about Ramirez (defense, injury prone) but I think Youk, Ramierz, Beltran makes more sense than Big Papi and starting Youk at 3rd.
I do not like this as it t is potentially ugly since the Sox get older in a hurry with Ramirez and Beltran and could end up with two injured starters. What I like about it is Jackson, Cahill and Bell and the ridiculous power the lineup would have by adding Beltran and Ramirez….

Ortiz, Joe Saunders, Bell, Cespedes, Bedard

They trade either Kalish or Reddick, plus Xander Boegart or Jose Iglesias. For Jair Jurrgens.

I only really expect one of those last three, but I am hoping for 2 (Bedard and Oswalt).

I don’t like Wilson for us.

Just a feeling that we bring Ortiz back, along with Wheeler, and do what we can to sign Bedard. From there, I’d love to see us add Oswalt for SP depth, and we need to replace Paps (but I really, really don’t want us to sign Madson to that role).

Hope you don’t mind a Yankees fan getting involved!

Controversial choices, some of them, but I’ve a good feeling :)

since it seems that we have some action beginning on the market (Barmes, Nathan) and we’ve had good reponse

BZ

I did not pick Street from the Rockies – but I wonder about a trade there? There are so many interesting alternatives out there – I think last year I did not pick 1 correctly…can’t remember

I think John Lannan would fit the Sox pretty well. He seems to be the odd man out of the rotation for Washington and I don’t think the Sox would have to give up too much for him. I believe Sherrill would be a good fit for a year or two since he’s a lefty and he’s better than most of the relievers on the market.

Thanks for the Recs. i’ll get an update soon

Ok, final list is up – 31 brave souls are participating in this ego-match:

Some Highlights
- ALMOST UNANIMOUS!: Everyone but 4 picked Ortiz to return.
- CAPTAIN: 8 of the 31 entries believe that Tek will be back
- KNUCKLER: 9 of the 31 entries believe that Wake will be back

Player Distribution (Entries: Player)
27: Ortiz
13: Bedard
9: Bell, Wakefield
8: Varitek, Oswalt
7: Cespedes
6: Jackson
5: Capps, Madson
4: Broxton
3: Beltran, Buerhle, Danks, Maholm
2: Cahill, Gonzalez, G., Headley, Nathan, McCarthy, Ross, Willingham
1: Bailey, Breslow, Capuano, Choo, Darvish, Garland, Garcia, Gonzalez, M., Harang, Jurrjens, Kazmir, Lannan, Ludwick, Ordonez, Qualls, Ramirez, A., Rodriguez, Saunders, Sherrill, Shoppach, Wheeler, Willis, Wilson, Young, Zumaya

3/$ 27MM + 1/$ 9MM to the Miami Marlins

It’s MLBTradeRumors, but they don’t know the team.

Re-signed with the Twins. 1 year at $4.5 million with a $6 million team option (250k buyout).

So there goes one of my picks.