Fansided · Jan 25, 2021
Texas Rangers: Trading within the AL West surprisingly common
Texas Rangers GM Jon Daniels will make club's first round pick Wednesday night in 2020 MLB Draft (Photo by Masterpress/Getty Images)
Trades between division rivals are typically few and far in between.
So when the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox pieced one together on Monday, it sent shockwaves across the baseball world.
Adam Ottavino has been traded to the Red Sox, as @lindseyadler first reported, and it’s the first deal between the rivals since the Stephen Drew-for-Kelly Johnson blockbuster in 2014.
Yankees free up some cash. Red Sox add to a hefty payroll and get a late-inning arm.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) January 25, 2021