Lowell Deal is Not Coming Soon

The Herald reported that Theo and Mike Lowell's agents talked over the weekend without making progress. It looks like the Red Sox are not going to add a 4th year to the deal. The two other main options for Lowell are the Dodgers and Angels however both teams are also interested in Cabrera at third. The Marlins are asking a pretty steep price for Miguel Cabrera which took the Sox out of the running and might have also scared the Dodgers away from the a potential deal. This is not likely to be resolved until the Winter Meetings. Once Cabrera is traded, Mike will have his best offers from other teams so he is likely to hold of taking any deal for a while. Looks like were just going to have to wait until December to know if he is coming back.

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Florida Marlins Must Be Listening to Don Shula

The Florida Marlins talked to the Red Sox about a trade for third baseman Miguel Cabrera this week. According to SI.com the asking price for obtaining the fish's pudgy infielder was Jacoby Ellsbury and Clay Buchholz! Anyone who watched the Sox in the second half knows that Jacoby is going to be a star and Buchholz already has a no-hitter under his belt. I don't think there is any member of Red Sox Nation who would trade either one of those rookies for Cabrera. To think that the Sox might give up both is as crazy as putting an asterisk next to the the Pats when they go undefeated this season. Doesn't this trade deal sound like one of the offers you get from the new guy in your fantasy league at the beginning of the season?

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