UPDATE (10:50 PM ET): The rumored nine-player deal is close. Read details and analysis from Jon Heyman (link) and Scott Miller (link) on CBSSports.com.
UPDATE (7:05 PM ET): Adrian Gonzalez has been scratched from tonight's game as well, indicating that a deal may be close or has been completed.
UPDATE (6:58 PM ET): James Loney has been scratched from today's lineup, according to CBSSports.com's Scott Miller. This could be an indication that the teams have agreed upon a trade. No word yet on whether Adrian Gonzalez has been scratched as well.
UPDATE (6:45 PM ET): Sources have confirmed the involvement of Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford, Josh Beckett, Nick Punto and James Loney in the trade discussions to CBSSports.com's Scott Miller, who also reports that the Dodgers aren't on Gonzalez's no-trade list and that Gonzalez would likely welcome a return to Southern California.
UPDATE (6:20 PM ET): CBSSports.com's Jon Heyman has learned that James Loney has been part of the trade discussions between the Dodgers and Red Sox, while Andre Ethier may have come up as well. Heyman confirmed that the Dodgers would receive cash in addition to Gonzalez, Crawford, Beckett and Punto.
UPDATE (6:15 PM ET): CBSSports.com's Jon Heyman has learned that Dodgers prospects that are being discussed in the trade include pitchers Allen Webster, Zach Lee and Rubby de la Rosa as well as Jerry Sands.
UPDATE (5:55 PM ET): FOXSports.com's Jon Morosi Tweets that a deal is close and that the Red Sox would be sending cash to the Dodgers in the deal.
UPDATE (5:25 PM ET): ESPNBoston.com's Gordon Edes Tweets that the two teams are working on a trade that involves sending Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford, Josh Beckett and Nick Punto to Los Angeles.
UPDATE (5:00 PM ET): According to Sean McAdam of CSNNE.com, the Dodgers are the team that has claimed Beckett.
Red Sox starting pitcher Josh Beckett has been claimed off waivers by an unknown team, CBSSports.com's Jon Heyman has learned.
Beckett, who is in the second year of a four-year, $68 million contract, is 5-11 with a 5.23 ERA and 1.33 WHIP in 21 starts, has allowed 18 earned runs in 16.1 innings over three starts in August.
Beckett retains the right to veto any trade based on his status as a 10-and-5 player. It is unclear whether he would welcome a trade.
If the Red Sox and the unidentified team can't work out a trade, letting Beckett go for nothing other than salary relief could be an option for the Red Sox organization.
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