Could Red Sox Deal Ellsbury To Giants For Lincecum?

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The Red Sox have cash, some trade chips and they need pitching.
That makes Boston and San Francisco likely trade partners, even if a deal hasn't been discussed.
Tim Lincecum is owed $22 million in the final year of his contract and Jacoby Ellsbury would be a nice option in the outfield for the Giants, who would not have to pay the hitter as much even as he approaches arbitration.
 

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this would be a smart move for both teams. Obviously I think we all expect Lincy to bounce back after this season but the Giants got great pitching already so they can afford to let him go in order to build up the lineup.
 

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The Red Sox already have enough underachieving pitchers.
 

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Exactly. Buy low. Lincecum is already struggling so you don't have to give up any prospects for him. If he doesn't improve he's a short-term contract anyway.

Or you acquire him, he performs very well in the first 2-3 months of the season, and you eat a little cash and trade him elsewhere for a prospect.
 

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id probably consider a trade like this.
 

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They're not giving up prospects but they're giving up an established talent who is pretty damn good when healthy.
 

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Exactly. Buy low. Lincecum is already struggling so you don't have to give up any prospects for him. If he doesn't improve he's a short-term contract anyway.

Or you acquire him, he performs very well in the first 2-3 months of the season, and you eat a little cash and trade him elsewhere for a prospect.

Buy low??!??!


We're trading a guy who can be a .300/30/30 guy. Ells should have won MVP in 2011. Buy low my ass, were selling low
 

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Buy low??!??!


We're trading a guy who can be a .300/30/30 guy. Ells should have won MVP in 2011. Buy low my ass, were selling low
i'll never expect Ellsbury to hit over 25 HRs again. I just don't expect it.
 

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If the giants did this it would be a steal of a deal.
 

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giants are not trading timmy
 

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If Timmy can make a comeback somehow than it obviously wouldn't be a bad deal for Boston but judging off last season, I'd think that Ellsbury is the better asset than Timmy at the moment. If Tim was at his best, I'd definitely rather have him -- cy young pitcher.
 

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