Buzz: Outfielder for Gerald Laird
According to the always-reliable Jamey Newberg, at the Newberg Report, ‘there are rumors gaining steam in Texas’ that suggest the Red Sox could look to trade OF Coco Crisp to the Rangers for C Gerald Laird.
…if this is the cost for laird, it’s safe to assume texas will look to get at least Lastings Milledge or Carlos Gomez from the Mets, which, i hope, is something Omar Minaya has no interest in entertaining…
Crisp, 28, is due to earn $10.5 million through 2009, with a club option for 2010, after which he can be a free agent.
In 120 games for Texas last season, the 28–year-old Laird hit .224 with nine HR and 103 strike outs, while throwing out 39 percent of runners attempting to steal against him.





