Author Archives: Johnny Lumsden

After the Red Sox trade for Porcello, they add more needed depth to the rotation as they pick up Wade Miley from the Diamondbacks. This deal sent Wade Miley to Boston in exchange for Rubby De La Rosa, Allen Webster, and minor leaguer Raymel Flores, who all heading to Arizona. Miley is going to make $4.3 million this year, which was his first time in arbitration, and he is under contract through 2017. This left-hander will fit nicely into the Red Sox starting rotation, as Boston desperately needed a left-hander. Instead of having to shell out well over $100 million Continue reading D-backs trade Miley to Sox→

During the 2013 offseason, Ervin Santana was seeking out a contract for multiple years, and a substantial amount of money. He did not get it and instead had to settle with a one-year deal with the Braves worth $14.1 million. Reportedly last off-season the only multi-year deal on the table was from his new team the Twins. Ervin said publically that he wanted a new challenge and it was going to be in the NL. Also the contract offer from the Twins may not have been enough of a payday, but now after a good season with the Braves, he Continue reading Ervin Santana goes back to the AL→

Immediately after the Los Angeles Dodgers performed their Winter Meetings finale on Thursday morning involving Matt Kemp, the Tigers and Red Sox stole the show. After all the confusion on whether or not the Sox will deal Cespedes, the Red Sox agreed to a deal with the Tigers swapping Cespedes for Rick Porcello. What this means for the Tigers is that they find their replacement for Torii Hunter in Yoenis Cespedes, but they lose a key part of the starting pitching rotation. Even though Hunter has been a key distributer of on Detroit for the past 2 years, Cespedes is Continue reading Cespedes for Porcello→

The last couple years since the Dodgers-Red Sox block buster waiver trade, the Dodgers have been trying to clean up their messy outfield. Especially over the last year or so names like Kemp, Either, and Crawford have been names on the trade block. The reason why it was taking so long to trade one of these guys was because of the size of their contracts. But despite the money roadblock there was no doubt that a trade needed to happen. The only remaining question was who to trade. The trade partner had to be willing to take a chunk of Continue reading Matt Kemp is the Odd Man Out→