Yesterday, the Santana to the Red Sox hot stove started to get quite heated. In fact, there are several sources all reporting the same trade. Santana to the Red Sox for Coco Crisp, Jon Lester and Jed Lowrie with a fourth player that varies. TwinsGeek.com has an excellent breakdown of the players involved.
Coco Crisp – Two years ago he was a cheap, 26-year-old center fielder with over 1500 major league at-bats with an above average bat. Now he’s a somewhat fragile 28-year-old center fielder with a below average bat and a two-year, $10.5 million contract.
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Jon Lester – Well, we know he’s a cancer survivor. That’s important, because he’s quite a bit more valuable to the Twins than if he wasn’t. But other than being a young pitcher (he’s 23), I don’t know that much more about him, other than he’s not Clay Buchholz.
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Jed Lowrie – The hidden player that the Twins are likely quietly lusting for. He’s 23 years old, but he’s also a Stanford alum who exploded through AA-Portland and AAA-Pawtucket last year. He moved from second to shortstop last year, though I haven’t seen any reviews of his defense.
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Michael Bowden and Justin Masterson – We’ll put these guys together since they’re both pitchers who show promise but haven’t advanced beyond AA. They’re both right-handed, both have high strikeout rates (around 1 per IP) and were both born about the time I was losing my virginity. Hmmm. You know, that’s not as depressing a thought as I thought it would be.
There is more information on TwinsGeek.com about each player with a more statistical look at each player.
Also this morning, rumors that Clay Buchholz has replaced Jon Lester in the trade talks are starting to heat up. It’s going to be an interesting weekend. I wouldn’t be surprised if a deal gets done over the weekend – the chatter is getting too loud for something not to happen, and the Twins really gain nothing by waiting.
3 comments
dpe
November 30, 2007 at 1:23 pm (UTC -6)
“Michael Bowden and Justin Masterson – and were both born about the time I was losing my virginity.”
Why would they want to trade for kids that are 5 years old?
PJS
December 3, 2007 at 10:38 am (UTC -6)
Just found you. Nice site. Keep up the good work.
John
December 3, 2007 at 11:03 am (UTC -6)
PJS: Thank you for the nice comments. I really enjoy your site – it’s one of my favorite Gopher reads!