"It has been a busy offseason for the Boston Red Sox, who have landed John Lackey, Marco Scutaro and Mike Cameron via free agency and seemed to have a deal in place for Mike Lowell before that trade fell apart. Michael Silverman of the Boston Herald writes today that the Red Sox may not be done dealing. While it remains unlikely, a deal for Jason Bay or Matt Holliday "could end up falling into the Red Sox' laps."
Silverman says that neither the Yankees nor the Red Sox would declare they are done dealing while Bay or Holliday remain on the market (ESPN)."
There have been a bunch of articles around the internet talking about how the Sox are "laying in the weeds" with Jason Bay still out there. Don't get me wrong, I don't think he is coming back anymore, but the theory does make some sense. There are not a lot of teams looking at Bay right now. Bay has somewhat shown he really doesn't have much interest in joining the Mets (who can blame him?), and the Sox are still looking to add a power bat. Here are 2 what if scenarios that could lead to Bay coming back.
1. The Sox decide that Cameron would be better suited to be the backup roll, which still get a lot of playing time since Drew is always hurt, and Bay could get some days at DH. This would be a very expensive backup, and take Hermida out of the equation.
2. The Sox deal for Gonzalez and have to give up Ellsbury in that deal. Cameron slides over to CF, and Boston goes out and picks up Bay. What a lineup that would be.
I know the 2nd scenario might only be a dream, but those are really the only two ways I see Bay coming back. Boston is most likely going to be platooning a lot of Cameron/Hermida in left field next season.
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