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The mets should really go after Adrian Gonzalez as well. This guy is a bonafide superstar for a team that is in rebuilding mode and is looking for prospects. I have said this now for about a year that the Mets should trade for this guy. The Red Sox have a lot more enticing prospects and I can see a deal getting done during the offseason.The Boston Red Sox are apparently going to try and get San Diego Padres first baseman Adrian Gonzalez this off-season via trade, according to the Boston Globe. The team supposedly thought about grabbing Gonzalez at the trading deadline.
The 27-year-old his 40 dingers and 99 RBIs this past season and led the majors in walks, which helped him gain a .407 on-base percentage.
He's "only" supposed to make $4.75 million next year and the Padres have a $5.5 million option for 2011. But the question is whether the Red Sox have anything the Padres want to make the exchange happen.
Adding fuel to the fire on this potential deal is that Red Sox assistant GMs Jed Hoyer and Ben Cherington are both supposedly in the running to become the Padres' next general manager. So if either one of those gets brought on board in San Diego, a smoother trade path clearly opens between the two teams.
Source: Boston Globe