The Red Sox either took a chance, displayed stupidity, or had the utmost confidence when they signed right-hander Tyler Thornburg to a $1.75M contract with another $400,000 potentially on the table with performance bonus money – an amount that is fast becoming unreachable for Thornburg this season.
The Red Sox made a baseball trade that is the best kind – a wooden bat for a rubber arm when they shipped Travis Shaw to the Brewers for Thornburg. The deal made a world of sense as the Red Sox had other options besides Shaw and Thornburg was coming off a career year with 13 saves, 2.