Today is a day of rejoice for many in Red Sox Nation. The enigmatic headache known as Clay Buchholz has finally been transplanted off to Philadelphia in exchange for second base prospect Josh Tobias in a cash-saving deal.
That’s an important thing to remember: no matter how shaky his results, this move was motivated purely on money, and it’s a move that the Boston Red Sox will come to regret.
Dombrowski made it clear that his intention was to deal one of his excess starters ever since the team acquired ace Chris Sale.