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from USA Today

The Boston Red Sox might have quietly won the 2014 MLB trade deadline

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/07/boston-red-sox-trade-deadline-winners-mlb-2014

Major League Baseball’s annual July 31 non-waiver trade deadline ended in a
flurry of activity highlighted by the blockbuster trade that sent David Price
from the Tampa Bay Rays to the Detroit Tigers. But though both the Tigers and
Athletics significantly improved their postseason chances by adding aces
Thursday, no team did more this month to improve its long-term outlook than
the Boston Red Sox.

Dating back to their July 26 trade of Jake Peavy to the San Francisco Giants,
the Sox parted with a slew of players set for free agency after the season —
 most of whom would not merit qualifying offers and so would not bring back
compensatory draft picks. Long out of 2014 contention, the club significantly
improved its chances for 2015 with a series of smart deals.

For Peavy, GM Ben Cherington scored Class AAA pitching prospect Edwin Escobar
— ranked the No. 56 overall prospect by Baseball America entering the season
— and righty reliever Heath Hembree, who has posted gaudy strikeout numbers
at every minor league stop.

On Thursday, the Sox first sent ace Jon Lester and outfielder Jonny Gomes —
 both free agents after the season — to the Oakland A’s for outfielder
Yoenis Cespedes and a competitive balance pick.

Soon afterward, they traded pitcher John Lackey and Class A lefty Corey
Littrell to the St. Louis Cardinals for struggling slugger Allen Craig and
pitcher Joe Kelly. Lackey is the only significant big-league player the Red
Sox traded that they controlled for 2015. But because of a clause in Lackey’
s contract, he’s slated to earn only the league minimum next season because
he had Tommy John surgery in 2011. Some have speculated that Lackey will
retire rather than pitch for $500,000.

Later in the day, Cherington flipped lefty reliever Andrew Miller to the
Baltimore Orioles for Class AA pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez, who was ranked the
No. 65 overall prospect by Baseball America before the season.

(In minor deals, the Red Sox also traded infielder Stephen Drew to the
Yankees for utility man Kelly Johnson, and sent struggling pitcher Felix
Doubront to the Cubs for a player to be named. Drew and Johnson are both free
agents after the season, and Doubront had a 6.07 ERA for the Sox in 2014.)

So Cherington traded all of one player under contract for 2015, and there’s
some chance that guy won’t even play. In return, he landed three
big-leaguers who can help the Sox return to contention in 2015 and three
promising pitchers in the high minors who could contribute sometime soon.

Cespedes, signed through 2015, instantly shores up a corner outfield position
at Fenway. A righty bat with power, he should slide into the middle of the
Red Sox’ lineup and go to town on the Green Monster.

Craig has struggled this season after three straight good years at the plate.
He’s been a good enough hitter at every professional stop that he seems a
strong bounce back candidate for 2015, and he is signed to a team-friendly
deal through 2017 with a team option for 2018. He’s limited defensively, but
versatile — shifting between outfield corners and first base over the past
few seasons.

Kelly won’t exactly replace Lester, but he’s a competent Major League
pitcher with a career 3.25 ERA, well suited to a spot in the back of the Sox’
 rotation or the middle of their bullpen. And he’s under team control
through the end of the 2018 season.

Just last year, the Red Sox showed how quickly a team can move from last
place to first place with some good moves and good fortune. Their deadline
deals show they intend to do the same in 2015, adding sturdy Major League
contributors and forcing their ballyhooed prospects to earn their roles in
the show.

Don’t go inking them into the 2015 playoffs yet, of course: Cherington just
traded away almost the entire starting rotation that helped them to the 2013
championship. But Lester, Max Scherzer and James Shields all look likely to
hit the open market come November, and the Sox have the type of minor league
depth required to add frontline starters via trade.


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推 brillanmela:把Lester簽回來 就是真的大贏家
推 seekforever:看了幾家評論 多數都認為我們是今年731的winner
推 Hans2479:季末盤來簽來一隻1 2號先發  就是真的大贏家~
推 lingsk:看季末FA和交易吧?
推 ramirez:私心希望能簽回Lester
推 tortoise2006:跟綠帽一直做的事一樣，有市場就可以搶劫別人
推 mrkey:和女友分別兩三個月,中間chemistry變了大概也就回不來了
推 jerry78610:雖然不捨Lester 但還是要說Cherington有點神呀~
推 meteorhades:Lackey的交易蠻不錯的 但是Lester交易來的Cespedes
→ meteorhades:只能用一年 所以２０１５也有要拼的意思嗎 本來以為
→ meteorhades:應該是會換個頂級的prospect
推 KAIS:我一直認為襪子沒理由不拚2015阿，160M的球隊core也都在，高
→ KAIS:階農場又肥，沒理由不拚
推 KAIS:Cespedes剩一年約10.5M,一個在芬威很有想像空間的重砲手，有
→ KAIS:點盲又怎樣，只用一年也不怕變負擔very good
推 piggreat:2015不是小熊預定走了嗎??(誤~
推 highmimi:不用妄想簽回Lester. 不切實際，小熊洋基等一定會搶
推 shall:現在輪值長這樣
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推 kazumi66:接下來比賽應該戰績就....
→ spko:輪值先不管，最起碼打線好看太多了，能得分才能贏球啊
推 seekforever:剩下比賽先驗貨 看農場這幾個SP到底哪些堪用
→ seekforever:加Kelly5個人 至少洗出3個中後段輪值不為過吧
推 KAIS:明年應有50M左右薪資空間，要找一個一號，續簽日本牛，一個2
→ KAIS:號補手，剩下牛看怎麼洗，或找隻proven 工作馬
推 Absioute:現在這殘破的輪值只找一個一號還不夠阿
推 log7246:請教各位大大 H.Owens只有九月擴編才有機會上去觀光嗎
→ log7246:畢竟高階農場連SP都很擠
→ jameshu0910:他才剛上3A,不用這麼急啦
推 seeyou1002:愧應該是有機會反彈的 沒問題
推 tsubasa6405:至少洗出三個中後段有一點樂觀 Kelly就是4,5號
→ tsubasa6405:巴釦子是新發球機 那四個菜兵 正常模板也是四五號
→ tsubasa6405:天花板3號沒錯 之所以是天花板就是因為很難達成
推 wasiwatery:期待季後能簽兩隻ACE級的囉
推 lovemost:這殘破輪值其實到目前為止投得不算差呢，比季初預定那幾
→ lovemost:個爆炸的好上與多
→ NicolaiGedda:若Laster在綠帽變FA簽不回來，在BOS變FA就簽得回來?