Interesting move by Red Sox, in that it is both very good and also very likely to have its share of detractors. Bay, seven years younger and less than half as expensive, is actually having a better year(at the plate and certainly in the field) and he possesses a better package of skills than Manny, something that is lost on All-Star voters mainly because he plays in a pitchers park on an awful team. At this point, he's the better player, and unquestionably the better bargain. Looking at it from that perspective, its a slam dunk, though I would have thought Manny's perceived value would have gotten a "sexier" return.
Andy LaRoche's minor league record says future star, which the Dodgers didn't seem to care much about. Now he plays with his brother.
Speaking of the Dodgers, a Pierre-Jones-Ramirez outfield would make a ghastly, overpaid, team-killing mess.
