Santana to Sox, On Again?

Reports out of Minnesota have trade talks between the Red Sox and Twins heating up again, this time with Ellsbury anchoring the Red Sox offer instead of Lester.

In all honesty, I’ve cooled on Ellsbury a bit the last few weeks. Between his signing of Boras just a couple of months after the Game-Four A-Rod debacle and his $125, bring your own thing to sign, autograph session I’m starting to think he’s another Johnny Damon. Fantastic player, fantastically unintelligent person.

The man walks on water in Boston right now. Everyone loves the guy. Why risk that with a series of moronic PR moves? Does he really need the autograph money? He could walk into any local business, name his sponsorship price, make a ton of money, and not fleece his fan base.

We know, as a Boras guy, he’s not going to resign with whatever team he's with when he reaches free agency. Even better, Boras will probably do for Ellsbury what he did with Damon and trick him into signing with the Yankees because "it's good for business."

All things considered, I’m still thinking that as long as Santana doesn’t end up a Yankee, it’s a win-win. Either A) The Red Sox get a proven, #1 starter to act as a tremendous 1-2 punch with Beckett or B) The Red Sox hang on to exciting prospects with tremendous upside.

I’m good with either scenario.