Within the uncommon prospect for prospect, pitcher for pitcher, and man already on the 40-man roster for man already on the 40-man roster swap, the Purple Sox are sending right-handed pitching Luis Perales down I-95 to Washington for left-handed pitching Jake Bennett. Jeff Passan, as traditional, was first on the information.
It’s actually an uncommon commerce, and one which’s tough to totally make sense of with out being inside both from workplace, however Chris Cotillo did handle to seize the next quote on Bennett from Craig Breslow.
As you possibly can in all probability surmise from that quote, Bennett is an enormous boy, coming in a 6-6, 235 lbs. He was chosen within the second spherical of the 2022 MLB draft (forty fifth general), has a 2.67 ERA in 138.1 innings of minor league work (good), and is a bit previous for by no means having pitched above Double-A as he turned 25 a fortnight in the past (not so good – Purchase hey, glad belated birthday!).
For those who’re conserving observe at dwelling, that’s three licensed moose that Breslow and the entrance workplace have acquired simply this month, with 6-6, 275 pound Johan Oviedo coming over within the commerce from Pittsburgh again on December 4th, and 6-5, 225 pound Ryan Watson coming over from the A’s on the again of the Rule 5 draft final week.
With Perales going again within the different path, the Purple Sox hand over a right-handed flame thrower with a excessive ceiling, and as you may think, that’s already made some individuals very upset. However earlier than we dive too far down that rabbit gap, it’s price mentioning that now we have two guys right here with fairly vital harm historical past. Each have already had Tommy John earlier than even making it to the majors, and Perales’ measurement is probably going an addition pink flag in some circles. In different phrases, it’s largely a matter of in the event you like Perales’ youth and velocity higher, or Bennett’s measurement and command higher.
Director of scouting at Sox Prospects Ian Cundall broke issues down like this:
Lastly, it’s additionally price noting that Paul Toboni is the President of Baseball Operations for Washington, and Toboni in fact is related right here as a result of he was the Senior Vice President and Assistant Basic Supervisor with the Sox till final September. So it’s doubtless that Toboni is aware of Perales properly, favored him greater than different individuals within the Purple Sox group, and knew what guys within the Nationals system the remainder of the Purple Sox entrance workplace valued.
Who will likely be proper? Solely time will inform, however that is a kind of trades that might simply vary wherever from a whole nothingburger to both aspect successful it by a reasonably substantial margin. Let’s see what you guys suppose.
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