RED SOX PAY PRICE TO ADD AN ACE
B D D E X C L U S I V E:
Red Sox Acquire Tigers Ace David Price to Bolster Rotation
Mookie Betts, Blake Swihart, Henry Owens, and Shane Victorino
All Shipped to Detroit In Blockbuster Deal
Clay Buchholz's tenure as the ace of the Boston Red Sox pitching staff turned out to be short-lived as the Red Sox went out and picked up a bonafide horse to lead the rotation, shocking the baseball world by acquiring Detroit Tigers lefthander David Price.
Sources confirmed to BDD that in exchange for Price -- who is in the final year of his contract -- the Red Sox will be sending future Hall of Famer Mookie Betts, Blake "Johnny Bench" Swihart, lefthander Henry Owens, and veteran outfielder Shane Victorino to Detroit in the deal that will yield the Red Sox the ace they so desperately need.
BDD has also learned that talks have already begun to lock up Price in Boston for the next 7 years in a deal that will top $220 million, making Price the highest paid pitcher in baseball, surpassing the $215 million extension that Clayton Kershaw signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers last season... And while you are digesting this story, don't forget to look back at Sox news on this date in 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, and 2004.
