Hot Stove

The Major league baseball stove is heating up with trade rumors involving the Boston Red Sox. Left Fielder Jason Bay is still a free agent and should remain a top priority. The Sox have spoken with several players including Matt Holiday(LF), John Lackey(SP) and Adrian Beltre(3B). Trade rumors have started with possible acquisitions of pitcher Roy Halladay and first baseman/ Left fielder/third baseman Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers. I'd love to see Roy Halladay come to town. They would have to trade Clay Buchholz and SS/SP Casey Kelly who is the organizations top prospect. A rotation of Halladay, Beckett, Lester, Matsuzaka and Wakefield would be unreal. They would have to extend his contract. It is up at the end of this coming season. I don't think there is anyway to get both of them. Cabrera would be a huge addition to the line up if they got him. He is a young slugger who consistently drives in over 100 runs and hits 30+ home runs. I'm not that interested in Matt Holliday. I think they can get Bay a little cheaper and he has a nice body of work already laid down in Boston. Holliday struggled in his only season In the American League before being traded to St. Louis. I think signing Bay is a must either way they go. Halladay or Cabrera is a win win situation. If you sign Bay and trade for one of the players it makes your team better not matter what. The next couple weeks should be fun. If they get Halladay I don't think they are done. I think you'll see them try to get a first or third baseman. It doesn't have to be a blockbuster. But it is time to move on from Mike Lowell. He is getting old.