For what it's worth, I've been told by a source with knowledge of the situation that the Mariners and Red Sox had some level of discussions about Red Sox shortstop Jed Lowrie and Tampa Bay shortstop Reid Brignac before settling on a mini-blockbuster with the Pittsburgh Pirates. That deal sent five minor leaguers -- including young power-hitting C/1B Jeff Clement, who has a big league bat but comes with serious question marks about his catching abilities -- to the Bucs in exchange for Jack Wilson and Ian Snell.

Don't think it ever went past the exploratory discussion stage, as the intrepid Sox front office seems to get involved with virtually every trade discussion possible, but worth mentioning nonetheless. Might have been part of a bigger series of moves to get another shortstop (Marco Scutaro, Orlando Cabrera, or even Wilson) back to Boston, but that's just one of several potential fix areas for the Sox heading into the Friday deadline.

 

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