To be fair, the English version of those tweets are straight from Google Translate, so it’s very possible some context has been lost in translation. For now, I’m going to trust Pal and believe there is some real smoke here, even if nothing happens tonight.
Regardless, a Montas trade to the Sox logically makes sense for both sides. OAK probably doesn’t want to carry him to the trade deadline given his track record and the Sox probably don’t want to wait to the trade deadline given the state of the pitching staff. I wouldn’t be shocked if a deal came to together fairly soon, but OAK would obviously have to concede from the Vaughn ask. Maybe that’s finally happening and talks are becoming more productive? I guess we’ll have to give it a few days and find out.