do not do this trade. Anderson COULD equal Morneau eventually by himself. Teheran is young and could be an ace someday. Also, your 1st round pick could be as good as Morneau someday. G. Beckham, Smoak, Alonso, Hosmer, Alvarez, or T. Beckham combined with Lars and Julio wiould be way too much to give up for Justin Morneau. If you could get something else really good with Morneau, you should consider it, but otherwise, don’t even think about it.

Are we talking Dynasty League here or just keepers and if so how many? I think that influences things a great deal. IF you are in a Dynasty and looking beyond 2 years to win then I’d say DON’T do the deal if not then you have a young 1B with very good value for a 1B who MAY be as good as him a 17 year old pitcher who has done nothing and a draft prospect who could be a Posey or Gordon Beckham.

Honestly if I’m at all close to winning I take the certainty here as not only do you have to wait for these guys to mature you also have to have at least 2 of them hit their ceiling or close to it to lose out

Lars Anderson might equal Morneau, Teheran might be an ace and your pick also might be a great player but if one hits and you get a decent player and a bust you’ve done well. Ceiling is one thing but in my experience it’s a lot easier to add prospects than it is to add an offensive stud like Morneau

not aim for a bigger reward if your rebuilding. Rebuilding is all about taking risks in any kind of baseball. You always want the higher reward because you want to have a btter team when rebuilding. Sure, getting Morneau could make you a decent team next year, but why do that when you cold have a potentially great team in a couple years. Also, posting your roster and a little more info would really help in figuring out whether you should do it or not.

Does anybody else see a Will Clark comp here? I know those of us that can’t remember five minutes into the past like to compare prospects to more recent players, but I still think Will Clark is a good comp. Will Clark was the best first baseman in the National League for a about a five or six year period, and if Anderson becomes just 3/4 if what Clark was than the Red Sox have a very good player on their hands.