OT - Red Sox/Mariners/Padres The trade that never happened...

[Lokee]

You thought the Jake Peavy deal was a surprise? The Red Sox, Mariners and Padres discussed a trade that would have made the Peavy acquisition look like the Jason Hirsh deal, according to Geoff Baker of the Seattle Times. Baker hears that the Red Sox gave the Mariners the chance to choose five of the following players in exchange for Felix Hernandez:

• Clay Buchholz
• Daniel Bard
• Justin Masterson
• Nick Hagadone
• Michael Bowden
• Felix Doubront
• Josh Reddick
• Yamaico Navarro

The Mariners apparently turned down the deal, at which point the Padres became involved in discussions about a possible three-way trade. The Mariners would have received Adrian Gonzalez, Buchholz and prospects in the deal. They would have sent Felix to the Red Sox and dealt Brandon Morrow, Phillippe Aumont and Carlos Triunfel to the Padres, who would have received prospects from the Red Sox as well. In the end, Baker says the Mariners nixed the deal.

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Now I like King Felix but no way would I make that deal If I was Theo. At the most I would have given Clay, Masterson and Bowden but certainly not Reddick or Bard.

Seattle would have made out like a fat kid at willy wonkas factory.

[LastingsMilledge85]

Mariners receiving Adrian Gonzalez doesn't sound right. I know that the Red Sox wanted him, and would have gotten him but the Padres were asking too much from the Red Sox.