Andre Ethier down plays Red Sox rumor

On Wednesday, there were rumors about Los Angeles Dodgers' Andre Ethier having interest in coming to the Boston Red Sox this winter. MLB.com's Ken Gurnick caught up with Ethier and this is what he had to say about it:

“It's obviously hearsay,” said the Dodgers outfielder. “Especially at this point, it doesn't even make sense to comment on something like this.”

A report by CSNNE.com's Sean McAdam claimed that the Dodgers would trade Ethier to Boston for possibly Daisuke Matsuzaka and a prospect.

There's speculation that the Dodgers will be active in the trade market, but will be limited in the free agent market over the winter. The team needs a middle-of-the-order hitter and Gurnick says that it was not clear how trading Ethier would solve that need.