Not sure how reliable this is, because I pulled it off of mlbtraderumors.com, but apparently Crisp talks with the A's are comming around again.  This is comming from the San Francisco chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/14/SP8HVK2AO.DTL

Sounds a little far-fetched, but it could happen.

Rotoworld is reporting that, "The Red Sox have reportedly re-signed Bobby Kielty to a non-guaranteed contract.  He'll earn $800,000 if he makes the team. The Red Sox appear set with a bench of Coco Crisp, Sean Casey, Alex Cora and Doug Mirabelli, so unless Crisp is dealt, there won't be room for Kielty on the roster."

I think Crisp will be dealt, and Kielty will sit nicely as our fourth OF.  I believe he was a fan favorite- personally I like him, and it's important for the Sox to have a red-head on the team.

The Twins just extended Michael Cuddyer for 3 years, $23 mil, and Justin Morneau for 6 years, $80 mil.  Does this mean that they are trying to build a contender for the next few years, and will hold on to Johan?  This is just speculation on my part, but there doesn't seem to be any talks with the Yankees or Red Sox, and while the Mets were supposedly in the lead for acquiring Santana, they're about to make a trade for Livan Hernandez.

Thoughts?

I don't think there's been a thread discussing the '08 bench for a while so I'll start one now.
Kielty is gone, Hinske is gone, Belli may likely be gone.  So where do we go next?

There are some very decent options for the corner IF and the OF.

Ryan Klesko is a free agent, and although he may not have the power he used to, he still gets on base at a good clip.  He can play 1B and LF, and I think we could put him in at RF as well.

Brad Wilkerson is another FA 1B/OF.  He has good career SLG. and OBP. (although the latter has dropped off recently) His average isn't great, and he strikes out a lot, but the guy did hit 20 HRs in 338ABs last year.

Ryan Freel is not a FA, but the Reds are shopping him to make room for prospects.  He lacks power but still has some speed, and would make a good runner off the bench.  He's primarily OF, but he also plays 3B (56 games in 2004).  He gets on base, has an OK average, and has stolen 125 bases in the last 4 years.  He'll make $7mill over the next 2 years.

I would be very excited if the Sox could obtain one of these guys (preferably Klesko) and then ship Crisp and maybe someone else to Texas for T. Teagarden to fill in the backup C position.  Once Veritek leaves, he should be ready to take the reigns.

This gives us a bench of
Ryan Klesko (1B/OF)
Brandon Moss (OF/1B?)
Alex Cora (3B/SS/2B)
Taylor Teagarden (C)

to back up a lineup of
Ellsbury
Pedroia
Papi
Manny
Lowell
Drew
Youk
Tek
Lugo

And with our pitching staff, thats a good time right there.  Any thoughts? [editor's note, by Schulz] Matzushocka also said Lofton would be a possibility. I'm not sure I'd want him as our everyday CF but he'd make a great 4th OFer

"By Jonnypops
Posted on Tue Nov 13, 2007 at 12:53:16 AM EDT
Well the AL Rookie of the Year has been signed, sealed and delivered and notably absent is one of our main men (and rare bright spots for the 2007 season) Jeremy Guthrie.  

In first place is Daniel Cabrera's favorite walking bullseye, overrated Red Sox asshole, Dustin Pedroia, who made the top spot with a 112 OPS+, 8 measley HR, a .442 SLG, but a formidable .380 OBP.  Pedroia received 24 1st place and 4 2nd place votes.

Second Place goes to TB's Delmon Young, who mysteriously got 3 1st place votes despite hitting for a 91 OPS+.

KC's Brian Bannister came in 3rd with 1 1st Place vote and whole bunch of other places that don't matter worth a shit, for putting up a 3.87 ERA, 121 ERA+* , and 1.21 WHIP in 165 IP.

Below that are a whole bunch of other jackasses like Okajima, Matsuzaka, and Reggie Willits.

So where the fuck is Guts?  He threw 175 IP.  He put up a superior ERA to Bannister at 3.70 and a superior ERA+* at 125.  Their WHIPs were the same.  Guthrie didn't even make the list.  Shame on you lazy ass sportswriters, SHAME!!

update by SC: My man's sayin' what I'm thinkin'. Fuck that! And it's 2:51am eastern and I'm drunk and who cares. Jonnypops is right. DELMON YOUNG?"

I never appreciated how sophisticated our blog really is.  Kudos, gang.