simmering on the stove

if you pay any attention whatsoever to sports news, you've heard all the Johan Santana talk. no way the sports media has let you miss it. for my two cents, i would prefer the Twins focus on the trade that involves Lester-Coco & the minor leaguers, as opposed to the one that includes Ellsbury & the minor leaguers. i do like Lester, but if given the choice between the two, i would absolutely hold onto Ellsbury, after the spark he provided for Boston coming down the stretch & into the post season. and i have not forgotten that i was ok with Lester going to the Rangers instead of Kason Gabbard at the trade deadline. i love Coco's all out defense, but i feel bad watching him struggle offensively. i can't help but wonder if he wouldn't do better with a fresh start somewhere else. and you'd have to be insane not to pick Santana over Lester. i am hoping that if this is going to happen, that the fact the Twins & Sox exchanged medical information on Santana & Lester means they are leaning in the four-man deal over the three-man one. but i would be ok with the Twins just opting to keep him after all. or trading him elsewhere. as long as elsewhere is not the Bronx.

but in other interesting baseball news, i hear the Orioles are shopping Bedard around. i really like Bedard. that intrigues me even more than Santana, i think. Santana is going to tie up a lot of money for quite a few years, where Bedard won't command *that* kind of commitment. looks like he might end up in Toronto though. i'm ok with that. just not to New York, because i hate when players i like from non-Boston teams end up in pinstripes.

and just tonight, i read that the Rays are possibly trying to acquire my Trot! doesn't make me more of a fan, but that means i could see Trot play locally!

the baseball offseason is never boring. especially in Boston. if we aren't having a Manny drama, then we're trying to acquire a hundred million dollar pitcher from Japan & courting fragile right fielders. or hot & heavy in the negotiations for a two-time Cy Young Award winner. or going insane, hoping our classy third baseman will be given a new contract to stay where he's loved best.

it's not enough though. man, do i miss my boys.

69 days til pitchers & catchers report. in case you're counting too.