Peter Gammons and Gordon Edes of espn.com give plenty of speculation about how the Red Sox off season will play out.
- Jason Bay is likely to return to the Red Sox for many reasons, but most of all, it's unclear who else will compete with the Red Sox to sign him. Gammons feels the contract will be in the four years, $64M deal. Bay recently rejected a four year, $60M-ish deal.
- Alex Gonzalez seems likely to return to the Red sox, even though they declined his 2010 option. Marco Scutaro is another option.
- Unless Adrian Gonzalez or Felix Hernandez are available to the Red Sox, a blockbuster trade is unlikely. Nevertheless, the Red Sox are sure to explore the option of acquiring Roy Halladay again.
- The Red Sox were interested in Cody Ross back in July and may continue to try to acquire the outfielder from the Marlins. Manny Delcarmen was the rumored compensation for Cody back in July.
- Rich Harden and Ben Sheets are likely free agent targets for the Red Sox.
- While Boston may be a good fit for Aroldis Chapman, neither writer thinks that the Red Sox will make a serious push for him.
Aroldis Chapman may work well in Boston, but are they interested?
