There was no bigger rumor coming out of the Thanksgiving break than a report from the Boston Globe‘s Nick Cafardo that Boston is trying to move Hanley Ramirez and has targeted three American League clubs—Baltimore, Los Angeles and Seattle—as potential trade partners.
But despite our best efforts—and the fact that a healthy, motivated Ramirez would help all three of those teams—putting together a potential trade proved to be impossible, even with Boston kicking in more than half of the money left on Ramirez’s contract.
While HanRam dominated the headlines, his name wasn’t the only one to create buzz on the rumor mill. From young, front-of-the-rotation arms to veteran infielders, trade chatter and speculation is beginning to pick up in advance of baseball’s winter meetings, which get underway on December 7.
Keep in mind these proposed deals are only ideas and pure speculation. Unless otherwise noted, there’s no indication any of them has actually been discussed.