Just killing time waiting for a phone call on a story and thinking about this reported Adrian Gonzalez deal the Red Sox have tentatively pulled off.

I love the trade (he wrote while knocking on his wooden desk that it doesn’t fall through over an extension). Any time you can get a proven big bopper for the middle of the lineup who also happens to throw Gold Glove-caliber leather at first base and is still in his prime for three unproven prospects, you make the move.

The three reported prospects — Casey Kelly, Anthony Rizzo and Reymond Fuentes — may end up being the foundation for baseball’s next dynasty for all we know. If they do, kudos to San Diego GM Jed Hoyer. According to Sean McAdam of CSNNE.com, the Red Sox initially refused to include Kelly, their top pitching prospect, before realizing the Padres wouldn’t make the deal without him.

Theo Epstein has often been accused of being a little too in love with his draftees, a claim I find to be  silly since the Red Sox’ track record concerning the prospects they keep and ultimately develop into Major Leaguers is pretty impressive. And, with the exception of Hanley Ramirez, I can’t think of too many studs they’ve given up.

Epstein could have easily waited until Gonzalez became a free agent after next year to pursue one of the game’s top sluggers. But he didn’t. Some of the talk show drips will suggest he faced pressure from various circumstances — the loss of Victor Martinez, the likely loss of Adrian Beltre, the Yankees’ imminent big splash signing (Cliff Lee), NESN’s plunging ratings — to act now.

Whatever the reason, he got it done, and I and most Sox fans couldn’t care less why.