Gagne Bo Sox

Wish we would have gotten guys who have higher upsides than Kason Gabbard, David Murphy ... but at least we got a Dominican outfielder who just got his license.

Kevin Goldstein on the trade: It's a good deal for both teams, as Beltre does have HUGE upside and remarkable tools. Of course he's 17 and very very far away from that ceiling as well. You won't be able to judge this one for a while.

btw, who names there kid Kason? That should raise some eyebrows.

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Also, T.R. Sullivan of MLB.com reports that the Mark Teixeira trade has been finalized, with lefthander Matt Harrison being confirmed as the fourth player – and a fifth player, Class A lefthander Beau Jones, being added to the deal as well. Jones has gone 5-0, 2.96 with three saves for Low A Rome (48.2 innings, 38 hits, 12 walks, 46 strikeouts) and 0-0, 15.26 in five appearances for High A Myrtle Beach. The hard-throwing reliever was a first-round pick in 2005 (41st overall) out of a Louisiana high school.

Medium frame, strong, thick legs. Flexible body. Similar to Sterling Hitchcock. FB has down movement, gets on hitters quickly. CB occasionally tight w/ sweeping break. Straight change has some deception. Potential to develop into power pitcher at the ML level. According to BA back before he was drafted.

Random note: The Dodgers at pick 40 took Luke Hochevar who would hold out, pitch for the FW Cats then be the #1 overall pick the next year. Boston had pick 42 and grabbed Clay Buchholz their top pitching prospect. Beau hasn't developed like the two untouchable guys he was sandwiched between, but good sign that he was thought of in the same group as those guys a couple years ago.

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Peter Gammons just called Kason Gabbard "Jimmy Key jr." .... wow. I think that's pretty far off, but hopefully Peter's right and I'm wrong.