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| Swihart (L); Betts (R) |
According to
Hall of Fame baseball writer Peter Gammons,
the Red Sox have told the Phillies that any trade for left-handed ace Cole Hamels will not involve either OF/IF Mookie Betts or C Blake Swihart. In his column last Friday, Gammons also suggested that while Phillies "senior advisor"
Charlie Manuel likes several
other Boston players (e.g.,
Garin Cecchini), he does
not have the ear of GM
Ruben Amaro. So, the likelihood of Boston sending lower-tier prospects to
The City of Brotherly Love for Hamels is pretty low. This might push GM
Ben Cherington to re-visit the idea of signing free-agent
Max Scherzer—although that could force
John Henry to cut back on paper towels in
The Boston Globe washrooms.
