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We know, we know, you've heard all this before. And the Marlins have
promised they would never trade
Giancarlo Stanton—their lone matinee idol. Then again, Governor
Deval Patrick promised a drop in your property taxes—seen that yet? We digress. The persistent
rumors of a Boston-Miami deal for the 24-year slugger are simmering again. This time, the talk is that it would take
Will Middlebrooks,
Jackie Bradley, Jr. and two or three top prospects to get Stanton. A move this big wouldn't even depend on whether the Sox were in contention or not. This is a franchise-changing player—and, as a right-handed power bat, he represents the biggest missing piece in the entire Red Sox organization. There is nobody like him in the system—an no one in the pipeline. Does the deal make sense? We say you have to seriously consider it. The only "untouchable" players in our view are:
Xander Bogaerts,
Deven Marrero,
Mookie Betts,
Henry Owens and
Blake Swihart. If they are not in the deal—
and the deal actually exists as a real possibility—we make it.
