PLAYING TIME: Blockbuster trade shakes up PT in BOS and LA
Aug 25 2012
AMERICAN LEAGUE
BOS dumps salary, gains Loney and prospects from LA
A new manager and GM could not settle clubhouse unrest and poor performance on the field in BOS. In response, GM Ben Cherington turned BOS into August sellers; deciding it was time to shake up the roster, dump nearly $270 million in salaries, and start building for the future.
The Red Sox sent Josh Beckett (RHP, LA), Carl Crawford (LF, LA), Adrián González (1B, LA), and Nick Punto (IF, LA) to LA in exchange for James Loney (1B, BOS), prospects Ivan De Jesus (SS, BOS) and Allen Webster (RHP, BOS), as well as two players to be named later.
Loney is the sole player BOS received who can have an immediate effect on the big league roster. He will take over for
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