Manny Ramirez is going to the Dodgers. Wow. The Red Sox are that fucking dumb. I have no details. I will keep updating this blog as I hear more. This was reported on WFAN by Jon Heyman.
Update 4:24
Update 4:29
NESN has reported that Jason Bay is going to the Red Sox
h/t Metsblog
Update 4:31
It is a three way trade between the Dodgers, Red Sox and Pirates. The Pirates are getting 4 minor leaguers. Bay to Boston, Manny to LA.
More updates after the jump…
Commentary
Manny in the Dodger lineup changes the dynamic of the NL West. A true force in the middle of the lineup. Everything that Andruw Jones was supposed to be.
Jason Bay to the Red Sox is a major step down. MAJOR. He is a good righty bat and a great compliment to a lineup. But the Red Sox just traded their best hitter, clean up hitter, most feared hitter because of a petty contract dispute. It takes them as the best team in the division and makes them the third team.
The Pirates are getting prospects. I don’t know who they are yet. Fetch can tell us if they made out.
The Marlins are the big losers. Apparently they let 2 million dollars stop them from putting themselves in front of the NL East.
The Rays were close to getting Bay. I am curious to see if they pulled back their prospects or the Pirates pulled back to do this deal.
More as it comes….
Update 4:45
SI.com has the prospects as RP Craig Hansen and OF Brandon Moss from the Red Sox and 3B Andy LaRoche and P Bryan Morris…at first look I like what the Pirates got.
Update 5:00 More Analysis
The Red Sox paid the remaining $7 million on Manny’s contract. Wow. So the Dodgers get Manny for two ok prospects and don’t have to pay him. The Red Sox essentially traded Craig Hansen, Brandon Moss AND Manny Ramirez plus $7 million for Jason Bay. That is just hideous. It is an embarrassment. It is the Red Sox being arrogant. It is the Red Sox fucking over a season over a $20 million option.
Cortes boy Stuggotz just said the Marlins got Manny. I’ll trust you for now Roman.
manny in los angeles. should be a hoot…
Wow I’ve loved Manny since he was in Cleveland and he’s probably one the only reason I liked anything in Boston. Who gives up someone who can swing so beautifully as Manny….
what the fuck is going on?
Spencer..I have 8 things going at once…its nuts
likewise…im like a puppy being brough to their new home for the first time…everything is distracting and confusing.
i’m working the phones here at the MLJ Lake Compound and currently hearing chatter of ManRam to the Dodgers for Don Drysdale.
where is the picture?
does this make LAD the instant winner of the NL Worst?
absolutely.
and the marlins should be ashamed of themselves while the mets and phils breathe easy.
Billy Wegner was apparently cut by TBL right at the trade deadline.
so, is this a live blog of the trade-Manny-news?
is CRM live blogging the live blog anywhere?
and Manny has some white arms; whiter than mine in fact. I’m calling bs on his latino-ness
miz, it’s always hard to tell because manny wears such a big jersey, long sweatbands, and body armor.
Wha-wah-wha-wha-Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?
Splendid. Splendid indeed.
now i’m more interested in the manny free agency come this off season.
Free Agency doesn’t deserve Manny.
At first I heard they gave up Kemp and I was shocked. Now i’m just shocked and awed.
yankee fans react to the manny deal
I’m catching a flight to Chi-town… I’ll see/look at the words you kids type next Wednesday!
it’s weird that the high manny traffic seems to have been crashing TBL’s site but as soon the hef chronicles go up, it’s as speedy as can be.
I’ll always rememeber where I was on this this day when I heard the news. In my car in Newport, checking the surf and the fine tail on the boardwalk. Almost hit the car in front of me. She did have a perfect ass.
holy fuck…that trade is HORRENDOUS for the red sox…
time to revel in schadenfraude.