Reports are Manny is on the verge of being traded for Willingham or Hermida as well as minor leaguer Jeff Allison.

I'm not really happy about it either way, but I much prefer Hermida.

WTF MARLINS? AND THEIR LOW PAYROLL?

Boston is paying!

Holy shit, I just realized the initial post said Jeff Allison.

Oxycontin is a pretty hot commodity in Boston. :(

A third guy is being talked about in the deal.

seems like the Marlins and Redsox always make deals. Beckett, Lowell, Hanley, Anibal Sanchez, etc were involved in 1 Sox/Marlins deal :P

Marlins get a big bat to help push them to the post season as well as 2 draft picks, Red Sox get an up and coming outfield bat. Win-win.

Good. Anything to get him out of Boston. He is a great player, and they'd be foolish to trade him...

Yankees fans get it. Why can't Theo and Billy J get it?

Mike Stanton is in the deal

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/unfiltered/?p=965

He's the best right hand hitter of our generation (by saying that I mean 1980 and on...)...and arguably all time, but I can understand people saying Mays or Aaron were better.

And he's a Yankee killer. Honestly - anything to get him out of Boston...

This deal goes through, and I will be SOOOO happy. No more Manny for the rest of the year.

Sox are retarded if they make this deal. Gives me the impression that they are quitting on this year.

EDGAR MARTINEZ PLZ, THX.

:wub:

Manny's a bum, but he's a damn good hitter. Sox are idiots.

Nah it's time to get Manny out of here.

And as for Hermida vs. Willingham? I would rather Hermida but if one of these two guys is gonna be our left fielder for the rest of the season, I would take Willingham. Still, thats not who I want to be our left fielder. Are we seriously gonna stick a guy like Willingham in the middle of a lineup with Ortiz and Youkilis in front of him and Lowell and Drew behind him?

A guy who I've been thinking about for a while is Matt Holliday... getting him would be amazing but trust me, I'm not counting on it. However, I think it's certainly possible if we make guys like Bucholtz, Willingham/Hermida/etc./Hansen available.

Threeway being worked on now. Bay to the red sox, hermida to the pirates and manny to the marlins.

I like that, he's no Holliday though. Surely a lot better him than someone like Willingham or Hermida in the lineup though.

You guys need to forget about Bay. Chip in some prospect and go after Doumit or end up overpaying Varitek.

Good trade for the Red Sox.

Red Sox do as I say

Trade Manny to the Marlins for Stanton, Allison and Hermida
Trade Bowden and Reddick for Jason Bay
Trade Bard and Diaz for Ohmann
Trade CoCo, Tejada and Moss for Laird and Eddie Guardado

Bullpen of. Papelbon, Eddie, OHmann, Ohkagema, Delcrman

lienup of: Pedo, Youk, Drew, Ortiz, Bay, Lowell, Hermida, Laird and Lugo/Lowrie

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?..._trade_deadline

Red Sox are trying to get Tucker with Hermida/Willingham and Stanton.

Honestly, unless the Red Sox were to get a Sabathia or Beckett type of guy, I'll be so happy if he's traded.

Its done.

Will Carroll of Baseball Prospectus says the Red Sox, Pirates and Marlins have agreed to a three-team Manny Ramirez deal, pending Ramirez waiving his no-trade clause and league approval.
-rotoworld.com

manny will waive his NTC or probably get shot.

lol I love the Marlins. Theyre gonna win the WS, then trade Hanley and Uggla this offseason and be back to square one.

Theo saw my posts about Bay.