Here’s to a week of Christmas cards, lousy weather, and plenty more trade and signing rumors!
Around the League
Whatever the Boston Red Sox need or want, the Boston Red Sox seem to get these days. As a result, Peter Gammons, he of the long-time Boston connections, suggested that the Red Sox now represent everything they used to hate about the New York Yankees. [Yahoo Sports]
Some optimistic rest-of-career comps for the Pittsburgh outfielder. [Point of Pittsburgh]
So what’s really going on over in Detroit. From Ashley MacLennan:
“Changes are coming,” Tigers general manager Al Avila said at his year end press conference in October.