Red Sox give:
Adrian Gonzalez
Jose Inglesias
Rangers give:
Yu Darvish
Andrelton Simmons

I'd like to welcome our two newest Red Sox in Darvish and Andrelton Simmons, pending commish approval. Darvish gives me a reason to be excited for 2014, as a front 3 of him, Buchholz, and Fernandez is arguably the best front 3 in Armchair. I hate to lose Gonzo, one of the best and most consistent 1B in baseball, plus Inglesias, whom I expect to be a big-league starter for a long time, but it frees up my payroll in order to take on Darvish. As for Simmons, I'm not expecting much due to his poor performance thus far at the big-league level, but anything he can do is a bonus.
Rangers will post soon.


Red Sox General Manager Bazinga X. McCringa

How would I determine, out of the 107 catchers in the pool, where Jarrod Saltalamachhia ranks?

Royals Give:
Wil Myers
Red Sox Give:
Will Middlebrooks (team control until 2018)
Josh Reddick (team control until 2017)
Lance McCullers (top #50 prospect)
Miguel Gonzalez (team control until 2018)
3rd and 5th round picks

A good deal for both sides, potentially losing Ellsbury weakens my outfield with no help on the way from the farm, and getting Myers means I won't have to get into a bidding war for the likes of Shin-Soo Choo and can focus more readily on SP/Closer help. I hate to lose Middlebrooks, but you have to give something to get something, and to do this deal without losing my first rounder, Anthony Ranuado, or Jose Fernandez is the most I could hope for, so I thank the Royals for their flexibility. I feel McCullers has real potential at the big league level, but he is still years away. And as for Gonzalez, I'm dealing from depth there, despite his 4 years more under team control.

This is done in hopes that he will be claimed, as I am rebuilding right now and would rather not shoulder his contract

Drew Sutton
Lars Anderson