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Quote: Originally Posted by Rip No interest in Papelbon AT ALL. As a throw in? Sure. As a major piece. No way. It's pretty obvious that the Red Sox won't be all that sorry to see him go anyways. Only Reason the Sox wouldnt be sorry to see him go is because we have Bard who is the future closer and can go in there now.

Quote: Originally Posted by O'Donal31 You'd never get Lester but I bet you could get some of the sox young talent...hell maybe even Papelbon in the deal. The Sox definitely have a good farm system, and if I were forced to deal Miggy, they would be one team I'd love to talk to about it. However, most of the Red Sox top specs are pitchers. I'm not saying anything is wrong with that at all. In fact, DD might actually prefer...

No interest in Papelbon AT ALL. As a throw in? Sure. As a major piece. No way. It's pretty obvious that the Red Sox won't be all that sorry to see him go anyways.

According to Sports Illustrated's Jon Heyman , the Mariners rejected a trade offer of Detroit's Edwin Jackson for Brandon Morrow and Shawn Kelley. The M's are believed to covet Jackson, but Detroit's asking price is simply too high right now. As the Tigers get more desperate to slash payroll, expect them to lower their demands. http://www.rototimes.com/index.php?s...ball&type=home

Per 97.1. I hope this is more of a wake up call to show him he's not untouchable.

Can we see if we can just use the 1998 Florida Marlins jerseys to complete the effect?

This would be a dumb short-term fix to a problem that will largely correct itself after the bad contracts start to drop off the books. Selling Cabrera now means you get pennies on the dollar for one of the best hitters in the AL. It's suicidal. I'd much rather see Grandy/Jackson go, because as Nut said, they're more easily replaceable.