Five bold MLB trades that can transform a franchise
By Manny Gómez
While it hurts to move on, sometimes change is necessary. Here are five MLB trades that can absolutely transform a franchise.
With the end of the 2019 regular season approaching the end, the contenders are beginning to separate themselves from the pretenders. And as teams with no chance at a playoff berth begin to analyze their rosters moving forward, some players will most certainly have to be moved.
One such team, the Boston Red Sox were in the mix of things no more than a week ago, but a devastating series loss to the New York Yankees last weekend triggered a losing streak of FIVE games. Now, the 2018 World Series champs find themselves 19.5 games back in the AL East and 9.5 back in the Wild Card.
The Red Sox were the first team to make a drastic move ahead of the 2020 MLB season. Less than one year after winning the team’s FOURTH World Series of the 21st century, the team parted ways with President of Baseball Operations Dave Dombrowski.
This is hardly the last move for the Red Sox ahead of next season. Because they are essentially salary locked and in possession of the worst farm system in baseball, some difficult decisions will have to be made in an effort to rebuild the team to fit baseball’s new trend.
This takes us to the first of five MLB trades that can absolutely transform a franchise.