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Cardinals Acquire Lackey; Kelly, Craig To Boston
By Tim Dierkes [July 31, 2014 at 11:47am CDT]
11:47am: The Cardinals are sending starting pitcher Joe Kelly and right
fielder/first baseman Allen Craig to Boston for Lackey, tweets Peter Gammons
of MLB Network. The Red Sox continue to focus on players that can help them
win in the near future, having traded Jon Lester and Jonny Gomes for Yoenis
Cespedes earlier today.
11:38am: The Cardinals acquired John Lackey from the Red Sox, according to
Jon Heyman of CBS Sports. The Red Sox are expected to get a Major League
ready outfielder and a pitcher from the Cardinals, adds Heyman. Gordon Edes
of ESPNBoston.com first reported the Red Sox were close to a Lackey deal.
Lackey, 35, has a 3.60 ERA, 7.6 K/9, 2.1 BB/9, 0.98 HR/9, and 46.9%
groundball rate in 137 1/3 innings this year. His 2014 numbers closely
resemble his work last year, a resurgent season after his 2011 campaign
culminated in Tommy John surgery and he missed all of 2012. A second round
draft pick in 1999, Lackey spent the early part of his career as a front of
the rotation workhorse for the Angels.
The Cardinals continue to bolster their rotation, having acquired Justin
Masterson from the Indians yesterday. Masterson is due back soon from a DL
stint for knee inflammation. Jaime Garcia is out for the season after rib
surgery this month, while Michael Wacha is a question mark for September as
he recovers from a stress reaction in his pitching shoulder. In addition,
the Cards have received unspectacular work from Shelby Miller and Joe Kelly.
The 2011 surgery plays a large role in Lackey’s current trade value. When
the Red Sox signed Lackey to a five-year free agent deal in December 2009,
concerns over his elbow led to a clause creating a club option for the
league-minimum salary for 2015, which was triggered with the Tommy John
procedure. That would mean playing for little more than $500K next year after
earning more than 30 times that much in each of the previous four
seasons. Lackey’s only recourse would be to retire, an idea floated by Ken
Rosenthal of FOX Sports in June. Lackey was noncommital about his future in
comments made to WEEI’s Alex Speier the following day.
This season, Lackey has a bit over $5MM in salary remaining, plus a $500K
assignment bonus for being dealt. He had been scheduled to start tomorrow in
Boston as the Red Sox kick off a three-game set against the Yankees.