Sox send Renteria to Braves for Marte

[MaineDem]

DALLAS -- The re-shaping of the Red Sox continued on Thursday with a major move, as the club shipped shortstop Edgar Renteria and cash considerations to the Braves for highly-touted third-base prospect Andy Marte.

Less than a year after signing Renteria to a four-year, $40 million pact, the Red Sox decided to part ways with the three-time All-Star and two-time Gold Glove winner.

Renteria, except for brief spurts, never seemed to be in a groove during his only season with the Red Sox. He hit .276 with 100 runs, eight homers and 70 RBIs while committing a career-high 30 errors.

The move puts a huge question mark on who will play shortstop for the Red Sox in 2005.


http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20051208&content_id=1279068&vkey=news_bos&fext=.jsp&c_id=bos

Are the Sox trying to cut salaries? They may be keeping Manny.

Who's going to be left???

[rockymountaindem]

1. Youkilis might be playing shortstop.

I still don't know why Millar is with the team and we're getting rid of people like Renteria who have actual potential.

[MaineDem]

2. Millar is gone

They didn't offer him arbitration.

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2005/12/08/cowboy_rides_off_into_sunset/?rss_id=Red+Sox+stories+from+Boston.com

[nickgutierrez]

3. Great deal for the Sox.

Marte is set to be one of the best players in the majors - Renteria, on the other hand, is an average SS with an overblown reputation. Now, all Boston needs to do is find another SS, and they're set.

[WhollyHeretic]

4. I definetly agree. Renteria has been declining for a couple of seasons

now and Marte seems to be a tremendous talent. I believe he was rated the #1 prospect in all of baseball. The Sox have some great young talent now at the minors and in the majors. Beckett and Papelbon are both only 25. They had a pretty old team last year.

[northzax]

5. it's the opposite of the Steinbrenner model

which suits the Red Sox, apparently. Instead of trading your prospects for fading stars, trade your fading stars for prospects.

[DaveinMD]

6. actually

the yankees are stepping away from that model too. Cashman has said that Cano and Wang are untouchable. They traded Womack today for prospects. A dead body would have been equal value for Womack.

[nickgutierrez]

7. I'm not sold on Cano, to be honest.

What do you think his potential is?

[DaveinMD]

8. I love Cano

I think he shows excellent range at second. When he learns to keep his focus, he'll be a very good glove man. He turns a great double play.

Offensively, he will be one of the most productive offensive second baseman in baseball. He's only 22, so as his power develops a lot of those doubles will turn into home runs. His walk rate will improve a little and he'll be a guy who will give you an 850 ops from second base. That is very hard to find.

[WhollyHeretic]

10. From what I saw Cano seemed to have promise but Wang

had a 3.64 K/9 which is one of the worst in the majors. That doesn't bode well for long term success.

[DaveinMD]

11. he's a ground out machine

he throws a 94 mph sinker. The Yanks old pitching coach taught avoiding strikeouts. His K rates in the minors were much better. I think he'll be quite good.

[WhollyHeretic]

9. Bill Mueller signed with the Dodgers

I knew he wasn't coming back but it still saddens me to see him go. He hit the most important single in Red Sox history.

[MaineDem]

12. I always liked him

I'm sorry to see him gone! :(

[DaveinMD]

13. I'm glad he's gone

he always killed us. He's one of the few Sox who I liked.

[kanrok]

14. Sorry. I clicked on this thread because you wrote "Sox"

I assumed you were referring to the World Champion Chicago White Sox.

[Redneck Socialist]

15. Whaaa?!

There's some other team known as the Sox? :evilgrin:

[MaineDem]

16. Did they trade Renteria. too?

:evilgrin:

I just c&p'd the headline. I thought about adding "Red" but figured people who knew the teams would know which one it referred to.

So sorry for the confusion. :) And enjoy the championship. I was glad the CHISox won it.