The Boston Red Sox showed signs of life when they offered opposing teams several prospects to choose from; they did this to obtain ready to go talent. However, the prospects that other teams wanted were not made available. I wonder, if Boston was willing to let a few of their talented prospects go, in order to land the sort of player we needed to reach the playoffs?

It seems to me, ever since we let go Hanley Ramirez in order to obtain Josh Beckett, Boston has been holding onto the once bitten twice shy motiff. Sure, Beckett was a great return, but losing Hanley has hurt us tremendously. We have not had a solid player at SS since Nomar left. We have had highlights from a few of our SS players, but obviously none of been effective enough to receive a long term contract.

I wonder, if Boston was willing to let go their prospects, would we have been able to land Hernandez from Seattle? I wonder still, if Boston will look to grab Hernandez for next season.

We did give up Masterson and he did well for the other team, and if we cannot expect our prospects to come in and make an immediate impact, it might be well to move some of them for help now. Of course it is too late, but the opportunity will come again next year, and next year I pray we do not fail to meet the needs of our team. We need help at SS and we need help with pitching. If there was anyway to obtain Hernadez and give up Lars Anderson and Dice K, I would do it. Lars has been struggling and if we sign Victor to a long term contract, we will not need Lars.

So what do you say Nation? Is it worth giving up prospects to obtain ready to help talent? I say yes. I say we keep two or three to keep our team young and to keep some home grown talent with us, but let us learn from our mistakes and get rid of some while they are hot. Obviously not all our prospects will become ACES and not all our bats will  become ALL STARS. Make the move now and let us see what we shall see.

Good Luck Boston, we are cheering for you.