Ramirez has asked the Red Sox to trade him.

Perhaps it was simply a coincidence that the Red Sox traded a sedate superstar for his polar opposite, an unsung bundle of energy.

After the season, the Red Sox traded Tony Conigliaro to the Angels.

However, Middlebrooks' emergence led the Red Sox to trade Youkilis on June 23.

No one foresaw any potential distractions in the future and the Red Sox weren't running out and trading their five-time batting champion.

Though his agent declined to confirm it, Manny Ramirez wants the Red Sox to trade him.

He missed the first 57 games of the 2004 season with Achilles' tendinitis, then the Red Sox traded him.

The Red Sox traded for him primarily to get rid of the combustible outfielder Carl Everett.

The way the Red Sox traded him, at 27, entering his prime, and after 53 saves in his previous three seasons.

The Red Sox recently traded him to Houston and he instantly began playing regularly for the Astros.