Red Sox to aquire Joe Blanton

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Red Sox To Acquire Joe Blanton?
By Tim Dierkes [December 14 at 7:35am CST]
7:35am: Word is that the Phillies have a Blanton deal in place with the Red Sox, tweets SI's Jon Heyman.

7:14am: The Phillies were deep in discussions yesterday about sending Joe Blanton to the Red Sox, tweets Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports. Moving some of the $17MM owed to Blanton seems to be a priority for the Phillies now that they've added Cliff Lee's huge salary to the payroll.

The Red Sox would be a surprising match for Blanton, as they've already got John Lackey, Jon Lester, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, and Josh Beckett penciled into the rotation with Tim Wakefield under contract as well. Some teams have inquired on Matsuzaka, but Blanton wasn't great in his last American League stint and might not be an upgrade.

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[nsulham]

Yeah I have no idea what this is about. Either Dice-K or maybe Lackey is on the move or they're converting Blanton to a reliever. I have no clue.

[bigh0rt]

I've said it before and I'll say it again: No pitcher in Major League Baseball history has lost me more money than Joe Blanton. *angrily shakes fist*

[nsulham]

Plus I forgot Curt Young had Blanton in Oakland so maybe he sees something.

[converge241]

Word is they may have agreed to take Blanton mainly to help along the Cliff Lee to Philly deal

And possibly re-trade Blanton after

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Conflicting reports now:

No agreement has been finalized, reports WEEI's Rob Bradford. A deal is unlikely, tweets ESPN's Gordon Edes.

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[bigken117]

Word is they may have agreed to take Blanton mainly to help along the Cliff Lee to Philly deal

This is the only reason I would be ok with acquiring him

[Fenway Punk]

This was nothing but speculation. But hey I think that's why we are all here, right?