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Silverman: Red Sox need to sign both Eric Hosmer, J.D. Martinez

Related Topics: J. D. Martinez, Hanley Ramírez

Forget about waiting to sign Bryce Harper or Manny Machado next year.

Forget about relying upon Hanley Ramirez this year.

And forget about thinking that the following proposal is some sort of knee-jerk, panicked reaction to the Yankees heist of a trade for Giancarlo Stanton over the weekend.

It’s not — although let’s not pretend as if the Yankees are not locked and loaded to prevail in the AL East.

That fact reinforces the urgency of the task that presents itself to the Red Sox at the Winter Meetings this week in Orlando. They need to strike not just once but twice with a pair of bold and necessary moves to keep open a window for winning that is threatening to slam shut in their faces.