Jon Lester - December 2007 |
sports.espn.go.com - 12/2/2007
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The Red Sox have have acquiesced to the
Twins' demands that they include outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury in...
a trade that would send Twins ace Johan Santana to Boston. Previously, Ellsbury had been off the table. The Red Sox have indicated, however, that no trade package for Santana will include both Ellsbury and pitcher Jon Lester.
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Sox Willing to Include Ellsbury in Santana Trade
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boston.com - 12/4/2007
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The Red Sox and Twins are through negotiating
for now, Both Sox GM Theo Epstein and Twins...
GM Bill Smith have called it a night, but momentous news may await in the morning. As Amalie Benjamin reported an hour ago, the sides have exchanged medical ...
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sox, twins end talks for night....but deal appears close
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mvn.com - 12/21/2007
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Jason Varitek will become a nine-spot hitter in
2008. J.D. Drew will EXPLODE in 2008. Clay Buchholz...
will be the rotation’s second half MVP. Jon Lester will take off next season. Manny Delcarmen will supplant Hideki Okajima as the eighth inning go-to guy.
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Early 2008 Predictions
sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 12/4/2007
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- With the Yankees and Twins
making limited progress as the Yanks' self-imposed midnight deadline...
came and went, the Twins rekindled talks with the Red Sox early Tuesday and asked Boston to present a deal including top young ...
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SI.com - MLB - HEYMAN UPDATE: Yanks, Twins at 'impasse' ...
boston.com - 12/2/2007
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NASHVILLE - Zero hour for a Johan Santana
trade may be approaching. Yankees owner Hank Steinbrenner, vowing...
"not to be played" by the Red Sox, said publicly the Minnesota Twins must make a decision on whether to accept New York's offer by today, or it ...
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Boston Red Sox - Ellsbury not untouchable for Santana - ...
boston.com - 12/4/2007
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boston.com —
NASHVILLE -- The Red Sox have traded medical
information with the Minnesota Twins on Jon Lester, which...
means that talks between the two teams have progressed, with the Twins taking a serious look at the Sox offer. While it looked like things ...
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Talks with Twins move forward
boston.com - 12/5/2007
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If the Sox do not trade for Johan
Santana, an outcome last night as plausible as a...
deal going down, it may stem in part from some ambivalence on the part of club officials on whether they really want to do it. Theo Epstein and Co. enjoy watching the ...
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Mixed emotions
mvn.com - 12/6/2007
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Justin Masterson and Jed Lowrie are supposed to
be really good in the future. SUPPOSED TO BE....
Lester has proven to be good as of late, but can he be better. Ala Lowell in this case.
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Jon Lester is Mike Lowell
mvn.com - 12/6/2007
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The Boston Herald interviewed the Red Sox’s Josh
Beckett yesterday and inquired about his feelings should the...
Red Sox acquire Johan Santana. Trading for Santana, of course, would require Boston to sign Santana to an extension; reportedly, Santana is looking for $20-$25 million a year ...
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Beckett won’t restructure contract; okay with Santana ...
mvn.com - 12/2/2007
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There is a rumor of Julio Lugo, Jon
Lester and two prospects for Ben Sheets and J.J....
Hardy. I’d do it. Depends on the prospects, of course. And of course, I’m sure we’d eat some of Lugo’s contract.
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Wait, what? Red Sox in hunt for Ben Sheets?
rotoworld.com - 12/3/2007
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The Globe says there are indications that the
deal would be Jon Lester, Coco Crisp, Jed Lowrie...
and Justin Masterson for Johan Santana. ESPN's Buster Olney also believes that's the package. Crisp doesn't seem like a great fit for a Twins club that ...
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Johan Santana
bostonherald.com - 12/4/2007
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NASHVILLE – The Red Sox and Twins will
resume “serious negotiations’’ later this morning as they close...
in on a blockbuster deal that would bring ace Johan Santana to the Red Sox, according to a baseball source involved in the negotiations. The package ...
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Blogs:
Clubhouse Insider» Blog Archive » ...
sports.yahoo.com - 12/6/2007
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By Tim Brown , Yahoo! Sports December 5,
2007 NASHVILLE, Tenn. The Boston Red Sox reaffirmed their...
status as the favorites to acquire Johan Santana as the team's top executives Wednesday evening warmed to the idea of trading for the Minnesota Twins ...
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Santana talks with Red Sox heat up again - MLB - Yahoo! ...
outincenterfield.com - 12/8/2007
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outincenterfield.com —
It's high time for another installment of Random
Sox Theatre- and this time, we've got a clip...
from 2006 of Josh Beckett and Coco Crisp ... behind the counter at a Dunkin' Donuts. I suppose if the whole major league thing doesn't work out, at least ...
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Random Sox Theatre: Dunkin Donuts
sportsofboston.com - 12/2/2007
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The contest for Johan Santana has broken down
to a two team race. And when you know...
the final result of the deal will be paying a guy over 20 million a year, the Red Sox and Yankees are involved. The initial offer from the Yankees was Ian Kennedy, Melky Cabrera, and one or two propspects. The Red Sox first offered Jon Lester, Coco Crisp and prospects. Since, the Minnesota Twins have ...
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Santana Sweepstakes
blog.nj.com - 12/4/2007
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According to an official of an American League
team, the Boston Red Sox have made a significant...
increase in their proposal for Johan Santana, offering the Minnesota Twins pitcher Jon Lester, outfielders Coco Crisp and Jacoby Ellsbury and minor-league ...
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Overnight Yankees update - NJ.com: Ledger on the Yankees
mvn.com - 12/5/2007
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The Boston Red Sox have completed the framework
of a deal with the Minnesota Twins that will...
send Johan Santana from the Twins to the Red Sox for Coco Crisp, Jon Lester, Justin Masterson, Jed Lowrie and Ryan Kalish. This information comes from KNBR ...
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Framework Complete: Johan Santana a Red Sox
twincities.com - 12/21/2007
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The Red Sox remain the favorite to acquire
Johan Santana from the Twins, insiders say. Boston remains...
firm, though, as initially reported by the Pioneer Press, in offering just Jon Lester, Coco Crisp, Jed Lowrie and Justin Masterson. The Red Sox are adamantly opposed to substituting Jacoby Ellsbury for Crisp, and that's the current holdup. Regardless, there's buzz that the Santana trade could be
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What's holding up Santana deal?
outincenterfield.com - 12/31/2007
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As the Santana trade rumors continue to swirl,
Jon Lester's name is also still being bandied about...
in connection with various possible Sox-Twins deals. The Seacoast Online has a great (and very sweet) interview with a cousin of Jon's talking about, among other things, the possibility of Jon being traded from Boston. You can read the whole thing at the link above, but I pieced together
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All In The (Lester) Family
sportsofboston.com - 12/3/2007
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According to Buster Olney, the Twins yesterday made
it clear they want Jacoby Ellsbury as the centerpiece...
for any deal for Johan Santana. The Red Sox have been willing to trade Ellsbury but not willing to trade him and Jon Lester or Clay Buchholz. So the Red Sox have reproposed a deal with Ellsbury involve, although earlier in the talks trades with Ellsbury were already discussed...
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Johan Sweepstakes: Ellsbury is in
