Hanley Ramierez to Boston?

I'm hearing from a pretty good source that this could happen. It's rumored the deal includes Buchholz and Ellsbury.

 

The Sox tried to make this happen, but it fell through and talks have ended.

According to Jon Heyman and Tom Verducci of SI.com, "the Red Sox made a play to re-acquire Marlins superstar Hanley Ramirez after losing out to the rival Yankees for star free agent Mark Teixeira." The Marlins listened, but no agreement was reached and talks have ended. The Marlins coveted players such as Jacoby Ellsbury and Clay Buchholz, but they'd need to be bowled over to trade their young shortstop. Ramirez, 25, is signed at a discount through the 2014 season. Juan C. Rodriguez says trading him would make no sense for the Marlins.

 

It would be hard to part with Ramirez. He has about as high as ceiling as any player in the game. If the Marlins could have gotten both Ellsbury and Buchloz as part of the deal they would have to think hard about it. Those two and another player would be tempting.

 

Reliable source equals Fanball.com email. I got it as well. Florida doesn't want to let him go though. Hanley is the real deal

 

I'm imagine that when Epstein called to ask about Ramirez, the Marlins just laughed.

 

Reliable= a friend with contacts in the organization. Not a dead deal yet.

 

The guy who cleans Epstein's office is not a "contact in the organization." The deal is as dead as deals can be. Boston would love to get Hanley back, but the Marlins have 0.00% interest in trading him. They already have him signed through 2014 and his contract doesn't even go above $10 million until 2011. Posting about this idiocy makes you look as foolish as when LRBaseballer insists that every good player is getting traded to the Cubs because he heard a rumor on sports talk radio.

 

Superior intellect has spoken.

 

go write another worthless article.

 

Not happening. My source trumps yours.