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Our good friend Nick Cafardo at Boston.com has some more thoughts on current Brewer Prince Fielder and ex- and possibly future-Brewer Ben sheets:

8. Prince Fielder, Brewers first baseman: The Brewers will say he is not available, but could they be overwhelmed with a package of young players? One AL talent evaluator said, "He makes a lot of sense for Boston. They need a big bat in the lineup, it would combat what the Yankees have done with Mark Teixeira. They could go to their Teixeira plan of moving [Kevin] Youkilis to third and trading Mike Lowell. In this type of package, you can start with Clay Buchholz and go from there."

9. Ben Sheets, free agent pitcher: We're hearing more and more that a team like the Braves or Rangers could pony up a couple of years on a contract that would land the oft-injured righthander. At this stage of free agency, he seems like big-time quality for a price that has surely come down. "I think as the weeks go on, more and more teams are going to take a good, hard look at him," said a National League manager. "Given his history, he's just not going to get a big deal, and the realization might be sinking in that he and his agents know it."

Clay Buchholz's stats are here.  The strikeouts are nice, but perhaps I'm missing something.  Interestingly enough, per Yahoo!:

Jan 8 Chad Finn, of The Boston Globe, reports it is becoming more likely that either Boston Red Sox SP Clay Buchholz or SP Michael Bowden will be traded in exchange for a catcher after the team signed SP John Smoltz.

We probably have a decent catching prospect to spare, with Lucroy, Lawrie, Salome, and the easily forgotten Vinny Rottino. Moreover, the Sox have young pitching: in addition to Buchholz, they have Michael Bowden and especially Justin Masterson.  (The walks need to come down, but 68 hits allowed in 88 IP is pretty great, especially for a guy drafted in 2006.)  Plus, with the additions of Smoltz and Penny, the Sox would seem to have a surfeit of pitching

And while the Yankees went out and got CC, AJ Burnett, and Mark Teixeira, the Sox picked up Brad Penny and John Smoltz --- not bad additions, but a definite step below their intradivision rivals. I can envision them being motivated to deal for Prince.

None of this qualifies as even a rumor...but it's fun to speculate.

As for Sheets, the lower the price goes, the less likely (it seems to me) we'll be able to re-sign him.  It sounds like Moustache is resigned to getting a low-4s ERA and hoping that YoGa can deliver.

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I wish we had the catching prospect to do it

but we don’t. If the Sox are going to trade Buchholz or somebody like that, they’ll be trading for a ready-now catcher. Think Saltalamacchia or Miguel Montero. I guess they might do a lesser deal for Lucroy and re-sign Varitek for one more year, but I don’t think that’s what they have in mind.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Jan 11, 2009 12:38 PM CST reply actions  

Nonsense

That’s what Mike Rivera is for: trade bait. A .300 hitting catcher! Woo-hoo!

"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"

by roguejim on Jan 11, 2009 1:08 PM CST up reply actions  

Nick Cafardo states the obvious - Prince could be traded for

Regarding Boston catching: its interesting that MLBtv sends Trenni to Boston so that Epstein can say they want Varitek back and are working on it, but everywhere else it sounds like they want to pass on the price he’ll cost.

by ol Pete on Jan 11, 2009 2:19 PM CST reply actions  

Yeah,

seems like he makes a living off of writing about what trades he thinks would make sense, instead of reporting actual rumors.

by tcyoung on Jan 12, 2009 9:43 AM CST up reply actions  

I looked on the sbn red sox site and sonsofsamhorn, a red sox forum, last night and nobody even mentioned the article. I wonder if the people in Boston just ignore what he writes.

by ol Pete on Jan 12, 2009 10:30 AM CST up reply actions  

He's roguejim with a paycheck.

But less wit.

I have an unreasonable dislike of Bill Hall.

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jan 12, 2009 12:29 PM CST up reply actions  

Wow

What a tough call.

"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"

by roguejim on Jan 12, 2009 3:44 PM CST up reply actions  

Justin Masterson > Clay Buchholz

by Lavender on Jan 11, 2009 3:40 PM CST reply actions  

Agreed

And Jon Lester > Justin Masterson > Clay Bucholz

But he’s likely in that elusive ’untouchable category.

by Charlie Marlow on Jan 11, 2009 8:23 PM CST up reply actions  

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