Boston Red Sox

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If ever a team needed a blockbuster move to reinvigorate a slumbering fan base and reignite its championship chanced, it was the Boston Red Sox. And if ever a perfect move were available, the Sox found it.

The speculation has lasted longer than a year. It was on and off and on and off again. And now, finally, according to numerous reports it appears to be official.

The Red Sox are acquiring Adrian Gonzalez.

The Boston Red Sox finally got the slugger they've been coveting for over a year today, completing a blockbuster trade with the San Diego Padres for first basemen Adrian Gonzalez.

Going to San Diego will be a collection of top Boston prospects, including Casey Kelly, Anthony Rizzo, Reymond Fuentes, and a player to be named later.

Adrian Gonzalez, one of the best first baseman in baseball, is reportedly now a member of the Boston Red Sox.

Once the dust clears and the facts are separated from fiction, Red Sox fans only want to know one thing. How will he do in Boston?

Gonzalez is a career .284/.368/.507 hitter with 168 HRs and 525 RBI. His career home/away splits, however, feature quite a drastic difference:

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Adrian Gonzalez, one of the MLB’s premier hitters, has been traded to the Boston Red Sox, according to ESPN’s Buster Olney.

Although this isn’t a shock, as the Red Sox attempted to trade for the superstar slugger before the 2010 Trade Deadline, this is the type of move that will send shock waves throughout the AL East division.

Gonzalez is an excellent power hitter and will thrive at Fenway Park. He has a fantastic eye and will put a ton of pressure on opposing pitchers.

With reports that 1B Adrian Gonzalez is on his way to Boston, the landscape in the American League East has shifted in a big way. Unknown to the average fan because he was lost in San Diego for years, Gonzalez is one of the best first basemen in baseball.

The San Diego Padres are talking fairly extensively to teams—most notably the Boston Red Sox, though not exclusively the Red Sox—about trades involving All-Star first baseman Adrian Gonzalez.

According to ESPN.com and multiple sources, the San Diego Padres and Boston Red Sox have agreed in principle on a deal to send All-Star first baseman Adrian Gonzalez to the Boston Red Sox.

It's not known exactly who the Sox would send, but reports indicate that the deal would be centered around top organizational pitching prospect Casey Kelley. Names like Ryan Kalish, Anthony Rizzo, Raymond Fuentes and others have been tossed around as well.

The Red Sox may finally be on the verge of acquiring the bat that is the apple of GM Theo Epstein’s eye…and that bat doesn’t belong to either of the free agent outfielders (Carl Crawford, Jayson Werth) Epstein has been visiting this week.

With the winter meetings just a few days away, the San Diego Padres and Boston Red Sox are apparently not waiting to get their trade talks going.