Winter Meeting Trades and Rumblings

Excited for the start of the winter meetings the Rochester Red Sox wasted no time making a pair of deals early on. The first deal was to swap SP Jair Jurjens 2/11 for Dan Haren 3/12. "We like Jair as a pitcher but we feel Haren is more of a power arm that we need right now and also a guy we control for an extra year." said GM Richard Chase. Haren currently joins Brian Anderson in the Red Sox rotation that hopes to improve from last year.

In another move the Rochester Red Sox moved up to pick 1.11 from 2.4 which now gives them back to back first round picks. The Red Sox also gave up their 5th round pick (5.4) and took on Everth Cabrera's contract 2/11 in order to get the deal done. "We felt there are a handful of guys in this draft we really like and we wanted to guarentee we get two of them." said GM Chase.

Going forward the Rochester Red Sox are still looking to make some moves. Everth Cabrera 2/11 is available for a last round pick. The Red Sox are also interested in adding a SP or RP via trade in the winter meetings as well. "We have had a very good start to these winter meetings but we dont feel like we have accomplished everything we want to." said GM Chase.