McAdam: If Sox want to trade, they have plenty of bait

07:13 AM EDT on Wednesday, July 9, 2008 By SEAN McADAM Journal Sports Writer BOSTON — The non-waiver trade deadline is three weeks from tomorrow, but two deals in the last two days — yesterday’s that sent Rich Harden to the Chicago Cubs, hard on the heels of Monday’s trade that shipped C.C. Sabathia to Milwaukee — make it obvious: trading season is here. The Sox’ interest in Harden was slight, given their concern about his durability (six DL stints in six seasons, including one earlier this year). Their talks with Cleveland lasted as long it took the Indians to request Double-A righty Michael Bowden and Single-A outfielder Josh Reddick, at which point the Sox determined the asking price was too high. Now that Harden and Sabathia are gone, there isn’t much in the starting pitching market to tempt the Sox. For that matter, the... [read full story]