"The Red Sox had hoped when they acquired Adrian Gonzalez from San Diego last winter that he would make everyone forget how they lost Mark Teixeira to the Yankees.

You know something? They may have already received their wish.

As we sit here in mid-May, Gonzalez is white hot. He's a Fenway hitter they say, but he does pretty well at Rogers Centre in Toronto and he loves Yankee Stadium. Last night, in the Sox' 5-4 victory, he homered into the upper deck in right in the fourth inning and drove in the go-ahead run with a long sacrifice fly to left in the seventh. He has 31 RBIs, which leads the American League. He's hit homers in four of his last five games and six of his last 10. He's hit .419 with 2 doubles, 6 homers, 9 runs, and 10 RBIs over the last seven games.

The Sox balked at paying Teixeira, a switch-hitter, $180 million over eight years, so they paid Gonzalez $154 million over seven and gave up three top prospects. Teixeira is a terrific player, a Gold Glove first baseman with power from both sides. If you compare the stats of these two players over the last four seasons they are pretty similar. Ironically, it was Teixeira's presence in Texas that prompted the Rangers to deal Gonzalez to the Padres.

Both teams have to be happy with their middle-of-the-order, power-hitting first basemen for many years to come.

Teixeira is a notoriously slow starter, but this year he hit six homers in April. Last season, he had his worst average season at .256 but he scored 113 runs, hit 36 doubles and 33 home runs, and drove in 108 runs. Gonzalez, playing most of last season with a sore right shoulder, countered with a .298 average, 31 homers, and 101 RBIs. Both guys love to play every day."