Hot Stove Already?

[MCOA at it again, figuring what to do this offseason.] There are already three threads with Red Sox off-season talk ongoing.  My quick take is that a lot of these discussions center on the Red Sox acquiring Joe Mauer, Felix Hernandez, Albert Pujols, or Mecha-Pedro.  Suffice it to say that I support Theo Epstein’s ongoing effort to construct a Mecha-Pedro out of muffin tins and VCR chips, and I would whole-heartedly sign off on any similar acquisitions.  There’s not really much further commentary one can give, though.  Great trades for great players are great.  Let’s wait at least until we have real reports of trade talks. Looking over the roster (see below), they need a shortstop and a left fielder, they could use one more good starter, one more good setup man, and some rotation depth.  The Sox should have something like $20-25M to spend this offseason (~$115M locked up, $135-140M projected).  That’s one superstar and some free talent, or a few solid players.  The obvious fr...