The Boston Red Sox might have quietly won the 2014 MLB trade deadline
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/07/boston-red-sox-trade-deadline-winners-mlb-2014
For Peavy, GM Ben Cherington scored Class AAA pitching prospect Edwin Escobar — ranked the No. 56 overall prospect by Baseball America entering the season — and righty reliever Heath Hembree, who has posted gaudy strikeout numbers at every minor league stop.
On Thursday, the Sox first sent ace Jon Lester and outfielder Jonny Gomes — both free agents after the season — to the Oakland A’s for outfielder Yoenis Cespedes and a competitive balance pick.
Soon afterward, they traded pitcher John Lackey and Class A lefty Corey Littrell to the St. Louis Cardinals for struggling slugger Allen Craig and pitcher Joe Kelly. Lackey is the only significant big-league player the Red Sox traded that they controlled for 2015. But because of a clause in Lackey’s contract, he’s slated to earn only the league minimum next season because he had Tommy John surgery in 2011. Some have speculated that Lackey will retire rather than pitch for $500,000.
Later in the day, Cherington flipped lefty reliever Andrew Miller to the Baltimore Orioles for Class AA pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez, who was ranked the No. 65 overall prospect by Baseball America before the season.
Cherrington can resign Lester or pursue free agents Max Scherzer and James Shields. The have a lot of depth in the minors in which to trade with as well.
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