The trade of Victor Martinez obviously didn’t happen over night. It took a lot of patience by the Boston Red Sox and it was nearly a package deal for Cliff Lee as well.
Rob Bradford of WEEI put together an indepth look of how the Red Sox acquired Martinez. It is definitely worth a read.
here is an excerpt:
As much as the Red Sox wanted Martinez, they also realized that too much interest only was going to drive up the price, so they took a 24-hour-or-so break from calling the Indians. In the meantime, the Sox started heating up their pursuit of two players atop the wish list, Hernandez and Gonzalez. They both were long shots, but with a decent idea of what it would take to get Martinez, the Sox could take some shots elsewhere.
The Sox’ instincts and intel were correct — after seeing the shock-and-awe transactions fall through, it took a phone call lasting just a few minutes to consummate the deal for the team’s new catcher (and without Reddick).
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Sure didn’t help in the playoffs — three and we’re going home to Bahstan!
Tee hee
Gonna be interesting what the Red Sox do after Varitek picks up his player option for $3M.
Unless they let Bay walk…..they’ll have Youk, Kotchman, and Vic all needing time at 1B……
Good thing they didn’t get more pitching. Epstein is the most overrated GM in baseball bar none.
ha, and if the Indians didn’t ask for Jason Taylor from the Phillies for Lee, why on earth would they ask for Reddick from the Sox? With LaPorta, Brantley, and Wegalrz (plus grady and choo), reddick would never play in Cleveland.
The Tribe gets hosed on both deals….these two stinkers are almost as bad as that Roberto Alomar for Alex Escobar flopapalooza 8 years ago.