Carl Crawford Rumors: Wednesday

Carl Crawford is the biggest free agent prize among position players, but who can afford him?  The latest:

• One Red Sox source says the market is likely "too crazy" for Boston to get seriously involved, according to ESPNBoston's Gordon Edes (on Twitter).
• Multiple baseball sources and people close to Crawford tell Mark Saxon of ESPNLosAngeles that they expect the left fielder to sign with the Angels.
• Crawford was at the dinner with GM Brian Cashman and agent Brian Peters, according to Mark Feinsand and Bill Madden of the New York Daily News. The Yankees are "very interested" in Crawford and could pursue him even if they sign Lee.
• The Rangers met with Crawford's agent, tweets Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News.
• Yankees GM Brian Cashman had a long Crawford-related meeting yesterday, tweets ESPN's Buster Olney.  Joel Sherman tweets that Cashman met with his agent Brian Peters at a restaurant away from the meetings.  Olney feels the Yankees are "preparing to zig off Cliff Lee if necessary."  Meanwhile Olney's colleague Jayson Stark tweets that the Yankees are hinting that if Andy Pettitte retires, it becomes more likely they can afford both Crawford and Lee.  One Yankes official described that scenario as "highly unlikely" to Sherman.