DirtDogs is reporting that Juan Gonzalez is headed for Oakland instead of Boston... But the article he links to is in Spanish.

So I ran the article through Google Translations, and cleaned it up a bit... I left in some of the funny things which the translator did to the article, and omitted some extraneous stuff.

Text after the jump...

Change of plans

Tuesday, 21 of March of 2006

by Hiram Alberto Torraca
htorraca@elnuevodia.com

After rejecting a offer of the Red Sox of Boston Juan ' Igor' González is now directed to be united to the Athletic Ones [A's] of Oakland.

González was evaluated yesterday in the Solá stage Moral of Caguas by the scout of the Atheletic Ones [A's], Rubén Stairs, that made a positive recommendation to the management of the team. ... The space of designated hitter is open in the lineup of the A's. ...

Snub to the Red Sox: Although his agent reached an agreement with the Red Sox and was announced officially by this team like one of its new acquisitions, González finally rejected the offer.  Alan Nero, representative of González, confirmed to him the day before yesterday that his client had accepted a minor league contract to the spring training of the Red Sox.

The team even circulated a press release announcing this name was placed in roster of the team in its official website.  Nevertheless, González declined at last moment to join the Red Sox, according to those who knew, because he did not wish to play a prolonged time  in minor league.

Nero accepted that because 'spring training' is finalizing, the management of Boston was evaluating to leave to González in spring training or to send him for a month to Triple-A (Pawtucket) so that the player could prove if he were in condition of game.

Multiple attempts to obtain to a reaction of González or some representative of the team or player were unfruitful.  

González, 36 years old and with 15 seasons of experience in the Major Leagues, has not seen much action in the past four seasons due to diverse physical problems. In 2005, the performance of the two-time A.L. MVP was limited to one offensive turn.

The interest of the Red Sox in González was to alternate him in right field with the left-handed batter Trot Nixon.

However, the Bostonian novena acquired yesterday to the Dominican prospect Wily Mo Rock [Pena!] in an exchange with the Reds for the right thrower Bronson the Stream [Arroyo!].  Rock [Pena], like González, is right handed and a right fielder and designated hitter.  The economic offer of the Red Sox to González was by $1.000.000, depending on the time that was been in the Major Leagues.