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Not much of anything happened for Boston yesterday.  Certainly they continued their due diligence on many players and perhaps advanced talks on trades and/or free agent signings, but from the fans perspective, nothing happened.

One thing did happen and that was the Yankees traded for a center fielder.  The Red Sox (i.e. Theo Epstein) have publicly said they do not make moves based on what the Yankees are doing, but everyone knows that while that might be their goal, they always have an eye on what the Yankees are doing.

The Red Sox have a glaring hole in left field and even if they do re-sign Jason Bay, or sign Matt Holliday, that just leaves them at status quo.  Yes Marco Scutaro is an upgrade offensively at shortstop, but there is no way he replicates his 2009 offensive performance and his defense is a step down from Alex Gonzalez's, so he is an improvement overall, but probably not as great as some might think.

Back to Bay/Holliday, the Red Sox can't sit around and be content with status quo.  With David Ortiz another year older and coming off a disappointing season and Mike Lowell not getting healthier or rangier, this team could be worse offensively.

Now the Winter Meetings aren't the only time deals can be made, but the fan in me wants something done now, if not sooner.