The Red Sox are looking to dump Mike Lowell's contract.  Right now Mike Lowell is not an everyday 3B anymore.  Lowell became a pretty poor fielder after his injury.  Last year you could see his range completely disappear after two or three days of consecutive.    His bat still is alright and there are talks of him playing first base.  Lowell would be an interesting option for teams looking for RHH bat to DH who can play the occasional corner infield.  Seattle, Anaheim, Toronto, and the White Sox are all teams that could be interested in a player like that.  Of course, Lowell's contract makes the trade prohibitive hence the Red Sox are offering to eat some of the contract.

Right now , the Cubs are also trying to sell the contract of everyone's favorite malcontent Milton Bradley.  Bradley has basically blown through a quarter of the league already because of his antics.  His 20 million over two years seem a bit prohibitive and he certainly isn't a clubhouse player.  Cubs are desperate to get rid of him.  So much so they would take Lowell's contract despite him not fitting at all on their team (however they could flip him at a cheaper price than what people are asking to get Bradley subsidized).

 Bradley is a huge headache.  Basically he is an oft injured Carl Everett with a temper.  However Bradley would help the Red Sox immensely.  Bradley even with his various injuries is only a slightly below average to average defender in RF and can play CF in a pinch.  Bradley would play an above average to good LF in fenway.  Bradley is a switch hitter you could use to fill in against LHP for Drew and Ellsbury.  Basically you are looking at a guy that could give around 400 PA in the outfield and some DH with a high OBP and some decent slugging.  With that you could move Youkilis to third and go after a 1B either by trade or roll the dice with Delgado. 

 The Red Sox instantly become a very strong line up with a good bench:  Hulett, Hermida, Varitek, and Kotchman.   In a dream world you would drop Varitek for a catcher who can catch but unless Varitek gets injured or gets run over by a truck that probably not going to happen.  You could also option or trade Kotchman and go after RHH OF who can play CF. 

 This series of moves would probably improve the Red Sox by about 1 to 2 wins assuming we get stuck with Delgado.   If Hermida can have a breakout season, you naturally would get more wins.  It is a little less improvement than signing Holliday and cost about 20 million less.  If you are able to trade for Miguel Cabrera, it is a big improvement.

Of course, Bradley probably would be a complete disaster in Boston.  Between WEEI  and the rest of the press, Bradley would be torn apart.  These are same people who like telling everyone Drew (who had the 6th best WAR of any OF in the AL last year) is a terrible player.   Of course, Bradley wouldn't be so cheap if he wasn't a headcase.  Carl Everett was able to survive in Boston for two years, maybe Bradley could.