Boston Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington said Thursday that although Kevin Youkilis has been the subject of a number of trade rumors recently in the media, he is not close to dealing the infielder -- or even fielding any calls.

"The reality is there's nothing going on," Cherington said in an interview on Boston sports radio station WEEI. "We've talked to teams about several things. Yeah, teams have called to check in on Youk. That was a while back, right before he went out on his rehab assignment (in mid-May).