John Lackey, Roy Halladay, Carl Pavano Rumors And More

Posted on November 22nd, 2009 1:17 PM by Knuckles

Plenty of rumors to pass along this morning from Nick Cafardo's article in The Boston Globe.

If the Red Sox are able to land John Lackey that could allow them the freedom to trade Clay Buchholz to San Diego for Adrian Gonzalez.
Speaking of the Red Sox, here's an interesting quote from one AL general manager: "The Red Sox could be the major player this off season if certain things fall together for them. They still have enough chips in their farm system to make something happen." Perhaps referring to A-Gone or maybe Roy Halladay.
The Yankees will be involved in trade discussions for Halladay and seem likely to part with Phil Hughes or Joba Chamberlain. You have to wonder who the bigger prospect is right now. Our money is that teams would rather have Hughers over Chamberlain.
The Twins and Brewers are "very interested" in Carl Pavano.
John Smoltz is also on Milwaukee's radar, but they'll have competition from the Cardinals, who'd like to see Smoltz return.
Gary Sheffield would like to return in 2010 and is more flexible about accepting a DH role than in the past.