Beckett to Boston

[rockin500]

Two years and $18.5 million left, someone can take it. If they are going to overpay for Burnett, why not Clement? Matt was having a great year til he got crushed in the head by a line drive.

a great year? not really. look at his periphial numbers and you would be downright scared. plus his stats the few starts before getting drilled werent good

[love_that_reefer]

Not good? He was 10-3 with a solid ERA until he was drilled. He even came back and had a solid August but September fell apart.

[Kingdom]

Deal got put on hold until after the holidays.

[Fishercat]

Confirmed according to WHDH and breaking news on boston.com

They also got Guillermo Mota for a no-name prospect (good ERA, bad WHIP, low level)

The Boston Red Sox and Florida Marlins tonight announced a trade in which the Red Sox will receive right-handed pitcher Josh Beckett, third baseman Mike Lowell and righthander Guillermo Mota in exchange for infielder Hanley Ramirez, righthander Anibal Sanchez, righthander Jesus Delgado and righthander Harvey Garcia.

That's what I got from SOSH.

I don't like Mota much...but he's still quite a bit better than what the Sox have been throwing out there.

[realmofotalk]

In the Marlins' plans to improve to the pen, trading Mota is addition by subtraction. Then again, the same goes for every player they trade.