Ken Rosenthal is reporting that the Sox and Reds have agreed to a trade that would send Ken Griffey, Jr. to the Sox. No other details are available. Griffey has to waive his no-trade clause.
I should wait until it's finalized (if that even happens), but I don't see the fit. Griffey can't play center field any more, so he's limited to the outfield corners and DH. Including first base, the Sox are currently set at those spots. I don't see Griffey as an upgrade over any of Carlos Quentin, Jermaine Dye, Nick Swisher (who has the odd combination of skills to play either CF or 1B), Jim Thome, or Paul Konerko. Not that they are all having great years, but then one of them has to sit every day. Maybe that's the point, to get them all more rest and give them a thumper off the bench every game. But then why can't Josh Fields to a reasonable impression of that when Joe Crede gets healthy?
This trade is too confusing to think about without hearing the details, so no more from me on it now.
UPDATE: It's Griffey for Nick Masset and Danny Richar. That's not much to give up, but I still don't understand what Griffey brings to the team that they don't already have.
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I agree. Not really filling a need here. I thought for sure they were going to move him on to get some bullpen help. We can't even beat the Royals
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