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Red Sox have been after Hanley Ramirez

BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,492 ✭✭✭✭✭
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just read at cnnsi.com that Boston and Florida have been discussing Hanley Ramirez. Boston has not agreed to meet the high asking price, of course
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  • GootGoot Posts: 3,496
    It'll probably be a repeat of the trade that sent Hanley to Miami in the first place.

    Boston gets: All Star
    Florida gets: Prospects

    TAKE TWO
  • TheVonTheVon Posts: 2,725 ✭
    It sounds like the trade talks aren't going anywhere which is too bad for the Red Sox. Hanley Ramirez is one of the few players that I wouldn't mind trading the farm for. It wouldn't make sense for the Marlins to trade him right now though. His contract is relatively cheap compared to what they get from him.
  • baseballfanbaseballfan Posts: 5,458 ✭✭✭
    that doesn't surprize me, they got bay almost nothing, they get good players through trades, something the yankees don't do well.
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  • BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,492 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>It sounds like the trade talks aren't going anywhere which is too bad for the Red Sox. Hanley Ramirez is one of the few players that I wouldn't mind trading the farm for. It wouldn't make sense for the Marlins to trade him right now though. His contract is relatively cheap compared to what they get from him. >>



    I thought Ramirez had a sixty or seventy million dollar extension that kicked in next year? I don't follow the Marlins though.
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  • TheVonTheVon Posts: 2,725 ✭
    I think it is $70 million for 6 years, but compared to Teixeira (and others) that seems cheap to me considering that Hanley Ramirez plays a more demanding defensive position and puts up pretty outstanding offensive numbers. Also, I think that Ramirez's contract is back end heavy so for now there's no reason for the Marlins to deal him.
  • jdip9jdip9 Posts: 1,894 ✭✭✭
    the rumor i heard was Ellsbury and Buchholz for Ramirez....I would make that deal in 0.003 seconds if I were Theo

    Ramirez is one of the top 10 all-around offensive players in baseball, at relatively cheap dollars (6 yrs, $70M)....Ellsbury will be lucky to ever crack the top 50, and who knows what Buchholz will turn into...I don't necessarily like giving up pitching, but they have a ton of young arms on the farm and on the Sox, so giving up Buchholz isn't that big a deal to me.

    I think the plan would be to move Ramirez to CF, since he is pretty bad defensively.
  • BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,492 ✭✭✭✭✭
    going from Ellsbury to Ramirez in CF is a significant downgrade defensively. I wonder if that played into the decision? Lots of room to cover in Fenway
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  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,689 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I am all over this deal- if its actually for real.

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