The Boston Globe's Chad Finn has an interesting take on the Trade Hunter hype:
He's 28, makes $6.9 million, has two more years of arbitration eligibility ahead, and is their only appealing asset, other than arguably Bud Norris and Wandy Rodriguez. If the Astros can make a deal that instantly revives their barren farm system, only then does trading him make sense. But that offer won't come from the Red Sox.
We didn't come out here to play tiddlywinks, son.
-Hal Smith
