Theo Epstein was interviewed on the Dale & Holley Show on WEEI yesterday.  There were a few obvious answer to rather dumb questions (Do you feel comfortable with Kevin Youkilis batting cleanup?), but when asked if there were any more moves in store for the Red Sox before the 2009 season begins, his answer was sobering:

“I think we’re probably done. There is always something else that might fit as we round out our spring training roster and there’s always trade discussions as well, so I wouldn’t rule anything out. But nothing is that hot or active right now. I think most teams are packing up and heading down to spring training seeing what they have the first few weeks of camp then trade discussions will pick up from there.”

He does leave it open with qualifiers, but one could assume that the team is not actively pursuing a trade for a young catcher at this time, which is disappointing.  I would have liked to see someone else brought aboard to take some of the strain off of Varitek, especially when the team in facing right-handed pitching.

In other news, the Mark Kotsay acquisition looks even worse today than it did yesterday.  That is something I thought was impossible.  It would be like telling someone in the 19 century that man would walk on the moon in the not so distant future.  If someone were to come up to me on the street last week and say “You will be even more pessimistic on Mark Kotsay Thursday morning”, I would have immediately called the authorities and had this person thrown in a padded cell in Danvers, for he clearly threatens civilized society with such crazy theories.

I guess we need to hope that both Mike Lowell and Rocco Baldelli are healthy.  The former I hear is doing well, but the latter…I have no idea.

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