Lee Sinins in his ATM reports that he heard from Peter Gammons through WFAN’s Mike Francesa that Curt Schilling of the Arizona Diamondbacks (as opposed to the other Curt Schillings) would be traded to the Red Sox for Casey Fossum and some low level prospects, and then Fossum would be flipped to the Brewers for Richie Sexson.

There are some negatives. Schilling is a 37 year old power pitcher who makes a good amount of money next year. Personally, I find Schilling to be a pretty deplorable character, who spews nothing but know-it-all’edness and self interest to who ever holds a tape recorder near him. It’s funny that the line between clubhouse leader and clubhouse lawyer is usually determined by the way you treat the media and how many wins you have.

However, the Sox need something to bolster their pitching staff. Wakefield is streaky because of the knuckler. Lowe needs a good defense behind him. Pedro is fragile. Arroyo is unproven. They don’t know what to do with Kim. Schilling provides some bullpen relief since Pedro gets tired, and the others have the propensity to mix good with bad outings. Shilling coming back to Boston also make the pitching staff much more formative, as for playoffs you can write Pedro, Schilling, Lowe, Wakefield. I’ll take my chances with those four.

I want to reiterate now that this deal is not done yet, but its close. I’ll have a better breakdown when/if the deal gets finalized. For the record, if the deal goes through as stated, it will be a hell of a deal for Theo.