I was just reading Sports Illustrated’s MLB Truth and Rumors section on their site (Found Here), and it’s saying that there is a little bit of buzz that BoSox are considering seeing if a Manny for Ichiro trade will work.

Here is the excerpt from the New York Post:

There is a lot of July talk again about the Red Sox trading Manny Ramirez, and the buzz becomes louder with Seattle considering moving free-agent-to-be Ichiro Suzuki.
– New York Post

Thinking about this trade, if I we’re in the Red Sox organization, I think it would be a no-brainer to try to get his trade to go through. It’s pretty obvious that the Mariners won’t resign him because either A) they can’t afford Ichiro, or B) they could get top notch prospects for him, or bring back another big name player. I think option A is the likely option. The Mariners haven’t have any real big money players in town, and their last big expenditures were flops in Richie Sexson and Adrian Beltre. Although Ichiro is one of the better leadoffs in the league, I’m not sure they would invest huge money in him.

On the flipside for the Sox, you would be getting rid of a player that has been a bigger distraction than overall help for the team. Manny is almost always saying something, doing something, or not doing something to make him look like an idiot. In return you’ll get the lead off hitter you’ve never had since loosing Johnny Damon to free agency, and you get a killer defensive RF/CF in return, thus making other players, like Coco Crisp, expendable later.

The only fallback I’d see for the BoSox is having Dice-K. He didn’t want to go to Seattle, so he could be his own “Ichiro”. While I’m sure it really wouldn’t matter that much, it would something to keep in mind if they continue to pursue this idea?