 day two of the winter meetings a lot of talk has been focused on free agents for obvious reason Garrett Cole Steven Strasburg the teams are also looking to make deals and one team is trying to shed some salary Jack that's the Red Sox and they're looking to move potentially one of their big pitchers David Price right in price if he does get moved I think you're going to have to eat some of that money if you're the Red Sox I don't think I'm breaking any news right here they're also potentially talking about trading Mookie bets so would somebody take on prices contract to be able to get Mookie bets as well that could be appealing but I definitely think the Red Sox are looking to shed that money you see what Price has done as a Red Sox they also have a big ticket salary in Chris Sale I do find it shocking that the Boston Red Sox would want to trade Mookie bets I just how do you want to trade a guy who was your 2018 MVP helped to win a world series it just is stunning to me Jack that's where I'm at right now I can't believe that that's even part of the conversation but all the indications are that Mookie bets is not going to be a Red Sox for a long time so you wonder if now is the time for them to try to move him but he's such an unbelievable player whoever gets him will certainly be lucky but he's another guy that is going to command a lot of free agency money yeah I just don't know if the Red Sox can get enough of a return on Mookie bets right he's got one more year left on his deal he's going to be a rental he's probably gonna not going to sign an extension so if you're trying to fortify your farm system which the Red Sox would want to do I don't think teams are going to give up their best prospects for a rental that's only going to be around for one year well meantime the San Francisco Giants are doing some interesting things they get Kevin Gosman to pitch for him on a one-year deal they trade with the Angels for Zach Kozark you wonder how that impacts could they bring back Madison Bumgarner knowing the kind of money that he's asking for right and you look at a guy like Gosman it just shows you the market for starting pitching he really struggled last season but was still able to get himself a nine million dollar contract so they're not getting a Garrett Cole type but they're they're getting a guy who they hope can refine himself and and be a piece at the back end of a rotation you know in the meantime we're also hearing that the Cubs are shopping Chris Bryant out there now question is does he have a year or two of control he has that grievance pending that seems like he's a perfect fit for Chicago he always has been that they would maybe go in a different direction yeah it seems like they're getting ready to kind of redo it in Chicago and the Bryant situation is interesting because the free agents have to fall first right Rendon and Donaldson once they figure out where they're going to go I'm sure they're going to be clubs that want to make a trade for Chris Bryant right now Kozark getting out of Anaheim is interesting to me are they clearing salary for maybe a Rendon or are they clearing salary for maybe a Cole but wherever Rendon goes a guy like Chris Bryant is going to be a very attractive trade piece all right so we'll keep an eye on that again that seems later rather than sooner you wonder Meredith if a guy that could go during these meetings or close around it Francisco Lindor of the Indians and that's certainly an interesting piece to watch because there are certainly teams that could use his services but his name has been mentioned a lot you wonder but you have to wait until the big fish like a Garrett Cole get off the board before you start seeing some of these smaller deals happening and you know you you'll all you hear about where Strasburg and Cole Strasburg you forget about guys that have so much talent like a Lindor that are that are out there two more years before free agency and the belief is that the Indians wouldn't be able to sign into a long-term deal but man if you you trade this guy you better get something substantial back in return and I've had some Yankee fans who want to attach him to the Yankees and sure would you love to have a Francisco Lindor but then it would have to sting from your perspective in terms of who you were going to have to give back you can't just cherry pick the minor leaguers who you might not like in the Yankee world and say yeah give these four guys for Lindor that's not the way it works Jean Michael the former Yankee GM used to say to me if you're going to trade for one of their best guys you're going to have to give up something that as they leave and walk out the door you say wow that hurt a little bit