2013
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ACQ SP JOSH BECKETT FROM CUBS FOR LF RYAN BRAUN. GRADE: D. THE THINKING WAS BRAUN HAD PEAKED SEVERAL YEARS EARLIER, SAID THE A.L. SCOUT, "HIS AVERAGE WAS DOWN TO .268 IN BOTH 2011 AND 2012."
BRAUN, OF COURSE, WAS NOT ON THE DOWNSIDE, WINNING MVP AWARDS IN 2013 AND 2014. BECKETT WAS DEALT LATER IN THE SEASON.
4-14
ACQ 2B-3B MITCH NIXON AND 2 OTHERS FROM DBACKS FOR 3 PLAYERS. GRADE: B.
NIXON HAD WHAT MANY FORECAST AS A YEAR THAT WOULD JUMPSTART HIS CAREER, HE WAS DEALT AFTER A SLOW 2014 SEASON BUT HAS REMAINED A DECENT HITTER.
ACQ 3B ARIEL CLOUD +1 FOR ANDY PETTITTE +2 FROM DBACKS. GRADE: B. CLOUD ONCE PROJECTED AS THE TEAM'S 2B OR 3B OF THE FUTURE BUT NEVER WAS. THE SOX DID RID THEMSELVES OF AN AGING PETTITTE'S $5M 1-YR CONTRACT.
5-23
ACQ 1B BYRON HAMPTON +1 FROM GIANTS FOR 1B NICK SWISHER +1. GRADE: C. HAMPTON WAS A BEEFY DUDE WHO SHOWED SOME TALENT AND A BIT OF GARCE AROUND 1B BUT NEVER PANNED OUT. SWISHER BOOUNCED AROUND.
5-27
ACQ 3B CHONE FIGGINS FROM DBACKS FOR SP J KU, RP JOE SMITH AND RP B LEAGUE. GRADE: C-. FIGGINS NEVER GOT HIS GAME GOING IN BOSTON (PERHAPS PROVING ONE SCOUTS' THEORY THAT FIGGINS HAD TURNED INTO AN "NL ONLY" TYPE OF PLAYER) AND WAS SENT BACK TO THE NL LATER IN THE SEASON WHERE HE'S CONTINUED HIS STRONG PLAY. SOX DEALT THREE PLAYERS THEY HAD PAID HIGH PRICES FOR IN EARLIER TRADES.
ACQ RF RONALD DENT AND CP C HANCOCK FROM PHILS FOR RP C MONTALVO +2. GRADE C-. DENT SHOWED A BIT OF PROMISE, BUT MONTALVO HAD SEVERAL SOLID YEARS IN PHILADELPHIA.
6-2
ACQ D SCHLERETH FROM BREWERS FOR 2. GRADE: A-. THE RELIEVER HAD SEVERAL SOLID SEASONS.
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ACQ SP J LESTER, SP J ZIMMERMAN +1 FROM MARLINS FOR SP J BECKETT, SP ASHLEY OLSON AND CP L KINCAID. GRADE: C. BOTCHED COMMUNICATIONS ALLOWED SOX GM LEE GANNON TO SIGN OFF ON A DEAL THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO INCLUDE SP LESTER LADD INSTEAD OF JON LESTER, WHICH THE TEAMS RECTIFIED
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