Red Sox and Yankees moves so far
Well the off-season is not over yet but I thought about going through the off-season moves so far that the Red Sox and Yankees have made before the new year.

The Boston Red Sox have named co-general managers, Ben Cherington and Jed Hoyer; they re-signed pitcher Mike Timlin on a one-year contract; released outfielder Gabe Kapler; acquired pitcher Jermaine Van Buren from the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later; acquired pitchers Josh Beckett and Guillermo Mota, and third baseman Mike Lowell from the Florida Marlins for infielder Hanley Ramirez and pitchers Anibal Sanchez, Jesus Delgado and Harvey Garcia; signed pitcher Rudy Seanez to a one-year contract; signed cather John Flaherty to a one-year contract, who has been playing for the Yankees the last three seasons; traded catcher Doug Mirabelli to the San Diego Padres for All-Star second baseman Mark Loretta; traded shortstop Edgar Renteria to the Atlanta Braves for prospect third baseman Andy Marte; second baseman Tony Graffanino accepted arbitration so it looks like he may stay with Boston for next season. The Red Sox have lost center fielder to the free agency when he signed with the New York Yankees; reliever Chad Bradford signed with the New York Mets; third baseman Bill Mueller signed with the LA Dodgers; first baseman Kevin Millar will not be back with the Sox; outfielder Adam Hyzdu signed with the Texas Rangers; pitcher Chad Harville signed with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

The New York Yankees declined the club option on first baseman Tino Martinez, making him a free agent; agreed to terms with outfielder Hideki Matsui on a four-year contract extension; exercised the 2006 contract option on pitcher Tanyon Sturtze; signed free agent catcher Kelly Stinnett to a one-year contract; signed reliever Kyle Farnsworth to a three-year contract; acquired infielder Kevin Howard and outfielder Benjamin Himes from the Cincinnati Reds for second baseman Tony Womack and cash considerations; signed former Red Sox reliever Mike Myers to a two-year contract; acquired pitcher Ron Villone from the Marlins for pitcher Ben Julianel; re-signed outfielder Bernie Williams to a one-year contract; signed free agent outfielder Johnny Damon, who had been with the Red Sox, to a four-year contract; signed free agent pitcher Octavio Dotel, who had been with the Athletics, to a one-year contract; signed infielder Miguel Cairo to a one-year contract. The Yankees have lost pitcher Tom Gordon to the Philadelphia Phillies; outfielder Matt Lawton (a steroid user) signed with the Seattle Mariners.

I may have missed a few but the big ones are listed here. We'll see in the new year if these teams will make more moves.