It was a busy first day for the Rochester Red Sox during the Winter Meetings. Four deals made on opening day made the Red Sox the most active team to start the meetings. Too a lot of people's suprise the Red Sox were able to deal Mike Aviles and Carlos Carrasco to free up roster space. Not only were they able to move those two players but they also didn't have to pay to move those players. "Moving those guys and actually getting draft pick compensation was a big deal to us. Even though the draft picks we acquired weren't great its nice to have the open roster spots for new contracts." said Owner Richard Chase.
In a very late Sunday night move the Red Sox made another big splash by acquiring 1B Paul Konerko from the South Texas Heat for pick 4.10. With a light 1B pool in this years draft getting a player of Konerko's ability for a 4th round pick is a great move. "We didn't feel Kevin Youkilis or Joey Votto would fall to 1.10 so we decided to look into trading for a 1B. We wanted someone with above average power and Paul Konerko gives us that. After the top two 1B in this draft we didn't see anyone else that could do that, especially in round 4." said Chase.
The question now is, are the Red Sox done making moves? "We don't have any open talks right now regarding any players or picks. To say we are done in these Winter Meetings would be ridiculous but we aren't anticipating anything big at this point. We are always looking to improve our team though so if an offer comes our way that does that we will listen." said Chase.
Looking at potential players in the draft it will be interesting who the Red Sox will go with at pick 1.10. A lot of speculation around the league has the Red Sox taking a top pitcher with that pick. Such a move would go against Red Sox owner Richard Chase's usual gameplan. Some internal talk has speculated the Red Sox may be looking to move down in the draft if a quality bat isn't left.
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