BOSTON — The Purple Sox pushed the market to accumulate a beginning pitcher earlier than the Commerce Deadline, and it went right down to the wire. In the end, chief baseball officer Craig Breslow finalized a deal simply in time to accumulate righty Dustin Might from the Dodgers, a supply informed MLB.com. Neither membership has confirmed the deal, which can ship outfield prospect James Tibbs III to L.A., per a supply.
The transaction occurred simply 5 days after the Purple Sox confronted Might at Fenway Park and scored 4 runs on 5 hits towards the lanky righty over 5 innings in a 4-3 Dodgers loss to Boston.
Might’s potential was famous as he got here up by the Los Angeles farm system after being taken within the third spherical of the 2016 Draft. Nevertheless, Might has been set again by quite a lot of well being points in his profession.
This season, Might has been in a position to take the ball often and is already at a profession excessive in in innings with 104 whereas going 6-7 with a 4.85 ERA.
The Purple Sox had been rumored to be pursuing a few of the high beginning pitchers available on the market, together with Merrill Kelly, Sandy Alcantara, Zac Gallen, Mitch Keller and Dylan Stop.
In the end, Boston wound up with a pitcher who hadn’t been concerned in lots of rumors in Might, a 27-year-old who’s eligible at no cost company on the finish of the season.
Might will be a part of a Boston rotation that features a authentic ace (Garrett Crochet), an rising righty (Brayan Bello), a stable veteran having a bounce-back season (Lucas Giolito) and an inconsistent however championship-proven right-hander (Walker Buehler).
Tibbs, ranked as MLB Pipeline’s No. 5 Purple Sox prospect, and he heads to L.A. after lower than two months in Boston’s farm system; the 22-year-old was one of many gamers concerned within the June commerce that despatched Rafael Devers from Boston to San Francisco.
