ARod to the Red Sox, Manny to the Rangers, Nomar to the Dodgers

ESPN sez better than a 50/50 chance it'll happen in the next 48 hours.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1687444

Arod is probaly a better shortstop then Nomar but Nomar is one of the best at the position. So they replace a really good shortstop with a better shortstop but then they get rid of a great outfielder and who did they replace him with?

Better pitching = insane lumber not so much needed anymore. Besides, an Ortiz-ARod-Nixon-Veritek-Millar-Mueller plus whoever else still makes this a sick team.

He splits teams up, but he does it quietly, in ways that you can't exactly finger him for. Kind of the way Hershell Walker did for football teams. Watch him a while, and see if it's all my imagination.

I watched him here in Seattle, and no one had any complaints about him (except for "following the money" to Texas, but they could even understand why he would do that).

The big problem concerning A-Rod here in Seattle had less to do with him than with Griffey, who was quite unenthusiastic about suddenly having to share the spotlight he always assumed was his alone with a younger superstar.

than Pay Manny Ramirez $20mm per season. I think he see's that he is stuck with a mammoth contract so he wants to get someone who is contributing in more ways than just his bat. That and when Manny flat out told them that he wanted to play for the Yankees. His teammates have been very candid about Ramirez in the offseason, stating that he is a problem.

I personally would like to see them stick with Nomar and spend the money on more pitching.

The Sox had the best offense in baseball last season and didn't make it to the World Series. Pitching wins games, as Neumie says on WEEI.

financially it could make sense. The big problem being if A-Rod suffers a season ending injury at anytime you are still obligated to pay him $25mm while finding someone else to play the most important ingfield spot.

...would also get an insurance policy protecting them in the event of such an injury. Besides, what if they kept Nomar at $15+ mil/year and he had such an injury?

You may be losing Ramierz (who I think has his eye on the exit anyway), but you wind up getting a superstar shortstop in the prime of his career with seven years left on his contract for an all-star shortstop slightly past the prime of his career with one year left on his contract (and who, I suspect, would be leaving then anyway).

That time frame is all the more important when you consider that Pedro's contract is up next year, too. GMs hate to have more than one top player in their option year at the same time, as it makes negotiations much more difficult (divided attention, having one player wait until the other signs so he can demand more, and so on). The effect of this trade is that the Sox would have one of the best players in the game, and not have to worry about contract negotiations for the rest of the decade, let alone while trying to sign Pedro over the next year. (And, yes, I admit that A-Rod's current salary is ungodly, but, given baseball's economics, I can only imagine what the asking rate for a player of his caliber will be four or five years from now.)

I thought Red Sox management had come to their senses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

get the wrong player in return. Figures.

ARod may be a great numbers producer, but I've never thought he was a good team player. Nice guy, but the Rangers would do better without him. But getting Manny instead of Nomar? That's just stupid. Almost as stupid as getting rid of Nomar for ARod.

Must suck almost as bad to be a Red Sox fan. You guys fired the manager who got you within a couple of outs of the World Series for relying on his best pitcher-- who was throwing harder at that point than he had been all game-- instead of bringing in a shaky reliever. In another decade you might sniff that championship game again. When you, let us Rangers fans know what it smells like, huh? Until then we'll keep cheering for that impossible high of a winning season.

We gave up Pudge for ARod. Still boggles my mind.

Red Sox would only take A-Rod $$$$$$$$$$$$$ if they can dump Ramirez's $$$$$$$$$$ and no-one wants Manny

is knowing that, year after year, the Rangers still suck hind tit. I take a certain perverse glee in knowing they still haven't recovered from Shrub running them into the ground.

He is a good short stop though, but 60 mil is a helluva lotta money to pay for a shortstop who chokes at bat.

As much as I like Nomar, how many times did he come to bat last year with the game on the line (or at least the big inning on the line) and fail to perform? I much preferred to see David Ortiz at the plate than Nomar.

If this trade means we lose Manny and gain A-Rod and pick up some pitching help, well, I say go for it.