The Boston Red Sox have traded for Chicago White Sox righty
Jake Peavy. The Red Sox sends Jose Iglesias and a slew of other prospects to
Detroit and get Brayan Villareal from Detroit and Peavy from Chicago. I
predicted back in March when the Iglesias debates were at their peak that those
calling for Iglesias to be with the big league club would be calling for his
head when he hits poorly in August. Never did I think he would be traded. I
bought into the ideology that the future of the Red Sox infield was Dustin
Pedroia at 2nd, will Middlebrooks at 1st, Iglesias at
short and Xander Bogaerts at 3rd. It now appears Bogaerts could be
primed to stay at short with a good crew of young and promising 3rd
basemen in the minors and the MLB. I love this trade. Jake Peavy is a gamer,
something Clay Bucholz is not. He wants to be out there, and he wants to win.
He spent the start of his career with the San Diego Padres and more recently
with the Chicago white Sox. He wants a chance to win the World Series before
his lengthy career comes to a close. Welcome to Boston, Jake.
PS-A hilarious prank was played on Twitter last night. A kid
tweeted at Hunter Pence, outfielder for the San Francisco Giants, that he was
happy he had been traded to the Red Sox. Twitter absolutely blew up about
Pence, who later dispelled the rumors.
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