The Boston Red Sox didn’t do much at the trade deadline, only acquiring reliever Steven Matz, and starter Dustin May, who they got after they couldn’t get starter Joe Ryan from the Minnesota Twins.
Apparently, however, the Sox did go for another All-Star pitcher; Arizona Diamondback starter Zac Gallen. According to Boston Globe’s Tim Healey and Alex Speier, they were making good progress too, until the DBacks asked for one thing too many.
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The Sox, like every contender, checked in with the Diamondbacks about right-handed starters and free-agents-to-be Merrill Kelly and Zac Gallen,” Healey and Speier wrote. “The Diamondbacks made clear that to trade either pitcher, they’d need more return value than the compensation pick they’d receive at the back of the first round of next year’s draft by retaining the players, making them a qualifying offer, and potentially having them leave as free agents. The Sox expressed a willingness to deal lefthander Brandon Clarke as the anchor of a package, but balked when the Diamondbacks sought lefthander Connelly Early (now in Triple A).”
Since the deadline, Gallen is a 2.20 ERA pitcher with a record of 4-1 over seven starts and 41 innings pitched. May on the other hand has been less than mediocre, posting a 5.40 ERA over five starts and has a record of 1-4.
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Early is the No. 6 overall prospect in the Sox’ farm and their No. 3 overall lefty pitcher. Early has been doing great in AAA, so the Sox may be thinking of calling him up soon. Hopefully they do, as they need all the help they can get at the moment as they push towards the playoffs.
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