Last week the Red Sox made a bit of a surprising move when they designated Chris Mazza for assignment to make room on the 40-man roster for the addition of Martín Pérez. Mazza was by no means great in 2020, but he was a solid bit of rotation depth who figured to play an up-and-down role in 2021. Well, that move makes a little more sense now as they were able to flip the righty, along with Jeffrey Springs, who was DFA’d on Tuesday, to a division rival for a pair of minor leaguers. According to Alex Speier, Boston has sent the two pitchers to the Rays in exchange for two prospects, including catcher Ronaldo Hernández.
Red Sox reportedly trade Chris Mazza and Jeffrey Springs to the Rays
