So according to Jon Heyman of SI.com, the Red Sox are expeced to go after free agent right fielder Carlos Beltran. Oh God. They better not. Beltran had a good year last year but he's going to be looking for a multi-year deal and unless the Sox plan on trading both Reddick and Kalish, that would be an extremely stupid move. I'd rather them see go after a short term stopgap until Kalish is ready, because I fully expect them to throw Reddick into a package to score some pitching help. Now, Kalish won't be ready for at least another year, because he was hurt pretty much all year and that's basically a year of development just gone down the tubes. Maybe Beltran would be cool with a two year deal, who knows? But keep in mind, he's a Scott "I'm the biggest prick in all of baseball" Boras client, so whoever signs him is going to overpay massively as most teams do for his clients.
On another note, it sounds like the Blue Jays are going to go after David Ortiz according to Richard Griffin of the Toronto Star. Hey, if Alex Anthopolous wants him he can have him. Ortiz has been a whiny bitch the past couple years, and this winter hasn't changed that after he made comments saying he wasn't sure he wanted to be part of the drama in Boston. He recently backed off and new GM Ben Cherington has had some preliminary talks with Ortiz and his agent, but I really hope he splits, especially because he's looking for more money than this past season's $12.5M salary. I wonder if he realizes that the market for DH's has gone down considerably and he's already making twice what the average DH does.
