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Red Sox News & Notes - 11/28
Published 11/28/2007 by Ian at SOX & Dawgs
... will get even hotter until then. Other than that, things are pretty quiet. Big Papi anticipates he will be ready for spring training as he starts his rehab from the knee surgery he recently underwent. There was a pretty good article from Yahoo! Sports about the best GM in the game on Tuesday, Theo Epstein and that will lead off our links for this Wednesday morning. Two Series titles evidence of growing Theo-logy [Yahoo! Sports] Wanted: Santana [Boston Herald] Steinberg is joining Dodgers as marketer [Pro Jo] ...

Ortiz Speaks. We Listen.
Published 11/28/2007 by Red at Surviving Grady
... Meanwhile, today's Herald tells us that the Sox are stepping up their pursuit of Santana, but trying to get Minnesota to bite for Coco instead of Jacoby. See, this would be so much easier if we were talking about Carlos Santana; I think a package deal of Joe Perry and one of the Dropkick Murphys would suffice. Yeah, for the blistering guitar solos we'd get to accompany the nightly playings of "Sweet Caroline", I'd do that deal in a heartbeat. If they pressed, I'd throw in Dicky Barrett from the Mighty Mighty Bosstones and the girl from Til Tuesday. Even better, maybe ...

MLB Rumors: The Twins Will Trade Joe Nathan
Published 11/28/2007 at FakeTeams
... He also writes the Twins are close to acquiring a centerfielder, but not Coco Crisp.  Apparently, the Red Sox are asking for the sky.   Michael Silverman of the Boston Herald writes the Red Sox would prefer to make the Twins take Coco Crisp and his two-years at $11MM than six-years of Jacoby Ellsbury.  To gauge Crisp's price, the Red Sox asked for three prospects from the Rangers in exchange for those two years of Coco Crisp, and the Rangers didn't want to give-up any of the three. ...

MLB Rumors: Johan Santana Coast-To-Coast
Published 11/28/2007 at FakeTeams
... To bounce back to the East Coast, Michael Silverman of the Boston Herald writes "the Red Sox are actively engaged in trade talks with the Minnesota Twins about Johan Santana and plan to aggressively pursue the two-time Cy Young Award winner, a baseball source said yesterday." ...

Players’ names flying fast and furious
Published 11/28/2007 by Ben K. at River Avenue Blues
... as the starting point to any deal between the Yanks and Twins, this list of players is pure speculation. And right now, all we’re trafficking in is rumor and idle minds trying to sell papers. The Grand Jury report, unsourced, has no more basis in reality that we can confirm than the list of players Caldera says is his take “on what deals might be discussed” between the Twins and Yankees. “Might” is a long way from a trade, and meanwhile, both the Red Sox and Mets are planning to make offers for Santana. Since the Twins don’t ...

Wednesday a.m. stuff
Published 11/28/2007 by Adam J. Morris <info@lonestarball.com> at Lone Star Ball: Front Page Posts
Pretty quiet this morning... The Boston Herald has a story about Boston's demands regarding Coco Crisp. The BoSox apparently want the Twins to take Crisp instead of Jacoby Ellsbury in a deal for Johan Santana, and there's this blurb about their request of the Rangers: Three prospects for Crisp? No, thanks. ...

Sox talk on Santana getting more serious?
Published 11/28/2007 by Dan Lamothe, Red Sox Monster at Red Sox Monster - MassLive.com
It could be, according to a report in the Boston Herald this morning. Michael Silverman reports that the Red Sox and Twins are "actively engaged" in trade talks for Twins ace Johan Santana and will "aggressively pursue" him. From the story : The Red Sox are actively engaged in trade talks with the Minnesota Twins about Johan Santana and plan to aggressively pursue the two-time Cy Young Award winner, a baseball source said yesterday. However, finding the right blend of prospects and major league talent that will satisfy the Twins and not deforest the Red Sox farm system, then ...

Johan Santana Rumors
Published 11/28/2007 by Tim Dierkes at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... Red Sox: The Sox are another of those teams confirmed to have had trade talks about Santana with the Twins.  Heyman said it would take Buchholz or Lester plus Ellsbury.  The Sox want to substitiute Crisp for Ellsbury. ...

Crisp, Laird Trade Talks Break Down; Rangers Evaluate Off-Season Plan
Published 11/29/2007 by Joey Matschulat at Baseball Time in Arlington
... Michael Silverman of the Boston Herald reported on Wednesday morning that the Red Sox had placed a “high bargaining price” on the 28-year-old Crisp, and were attempting to talk the Minnesota Twins into accepting Crisp as part of a blockbuster trade package for ace southpaw Johan Santana, in lieu of sending over promising young center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury. ...