Red Sox Likely Can't Bring Back Pitcher Let Go By Mets In Freddy Peralta Deal

The Boston Red Sox weren't progressive successful nan biggest waste and acquisition of nan Major League Baseball offseason frankincense far, but 1 of their erstwhile players was.

On Wednesday night, nan New York Mets acquired two-time All-Star starting pitcher Freddy Peralta from nan Milwaukee Brewers. It was a four-player trade, pinch nan Mets acquiring 2 players connected nan 40-man roster to nan Brewers' one.

That meant personification connected nan Mets had to beryllium designated for assignment, and it turned retired to beryllium a subordinate who suffered nan aforesaid destiny astatine nan hands of nan Red Sox past month.

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Cooper Criswell backmost connected waivers

According to his official roster page, right-hander Cooper Criswell was designated for duty by nan Mets connected Wednesday night. The two-year Red Sox right-hander went to New York successful a waiver declare connected Dec. 5, pursuing nan Red Sox's waste and acquisition to get 40-man roster arms Johan Oviedo and Tyler Samaniego.

Boston had primitively given Criswell an $800,000 guaranteed net arsenic a intends of keeping him from hitting free agency to statesman nan offseason.

But they weren't capable to forestall him from hitting waivers, and now that they've added moreover much pitching to their 40-man roster, it's difficult to ideate that they'll declare him disconnected waivers and trim ties pinch personification who was already astir erstwhile they antecedently chose him arsenic nan overseas man out.

Now, if Criswell clears waivers and is consenting to travel backmost to nan statement connected a non-roster induce for outpouring training, that's a different story. The Red Sox intelligibly for illustration having him arsenic an security argumentation astatine Triple-A, and nan people of a 162-game play usually opens a way to pitchers for illustration him making astatine slightest an quality aliases 2 successful nan large leagues.

Criswell is simply a bully swingman type who teams emotion to person successful nan organization, and it would astonishment nary 1 if he were claimed disconnected waivers for nan 2nd clip this offseason. Even if he's not, it would make consciousness for different squad to connection him an opportunity to compete for a big-league roster spot successful outpouring training complete nan pitching-rich Red Sox.

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