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In my opinion the Boston Red Sox may have made the best
trade of the trading deadline yesterday when they acquired Yoenis Cespedes for
Jon Lester and Jonny Gomes. Let’s face it the Red Sox are very likely to get
Lester back this winter, reports have said as much, and they aren’t going
anywhere but down this season. It makes perfect sense to open your eyes,
realize where you are, and make a move for the future. The great thing that
Boston does that New York will never do is the Yankees will hold onto their
players and suffer while Boston will be a much improved team in 2015.
The Red Sox will basically have Lester in the rotation next
season, Gomes would have been gone next season via free agency anyway and is
very easily replaced, and they will have one more season of Cespedes in the
middle of that lineup. That Boston lineup in the middle with David Ortiz,
Dustin Pedroia, and Cespedes is going to be really scary this season and next.
Cespedes may also be responsible for the Red Sox having to
tear down Fenway Park after he breaks the green monster with some of his hits
off his bat. Even if the Red Sox don’t get Lester back this winter in my
opinion they still made a great trade, probably the best trade of the deadline.
Cespedes is guaranteed through 2015 and could sign an extension while the
Lackey trade cleared some money for free agents. This looks to me like 2012 all
over again.
Brian Cashman, pay attention. This is what makes a good
general manager.
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