The Red Sox may be out of the Adrian Beltre sweepstakes if the initial offer to the third baseman is any indication.
The Oakland A's have offered Beltre a 5-year, $64 million deal—and this is a small-market team! Once the bidding rises, chances are Theo and The Trio will take a hike and start looking more seriously at the 'A-Gon to first Youk to third' paradigm.