Blowing Smoke?

ESPN's and Vanderbilt's own Buster Olney checks in today with a few head scratching and eye catching tidbits.

• The Red Sox apparently plan to meet with C.C. Sabathia in the next few days. The general consensus around baseball doesn't see the Red Sox with the ability or desire to attempt to match, meet, or exceed the initial Yankee offer of $140 million. It seems Theo and the boys would just be doing their due diligence by meeting with Sabathia. Still though, screw the Red Sox.

• Despite the great news last week on the new and improved Robinson Cano, the fact Kevin Long sees him as a 3 or 5 for us next year, and his numbers in the Dominican Winter League, the Yankees seem to have Orlando Hudson on the brain. Olney seems to be taking a shot in the dark here, but he sees a scenario in which the Yankees will offer Cano to the Dodgers in a straight up deal for either Claton Kershaw or Chad Billingsley. When those deals are shot down the Yankees will then try to use Cano and land Matt Kemp. Ultimately leaving 2B free for Orlando. This scenario seems highly unlikely, but is a possible route the Yankees make take if they fail to land any of the front line starters they are targeting. The sting of losing Cano would no doubt hurt, but an upgrade via trade protects your draft day options. It's pretty sill still though. Why trade a 2B for an OF like Kemp when everyone with eyes and a brain knows you desperately need pitching.