1. Sox needed a closer.
2. Sox needed more farm arms.
3. Yankees wanted to save $$$.
Seems like a good move for both teams? I'd probably rather have Ottavino than the guys left in FA.
@MikeMonaco_
Adam Ottavino
• HS in Brooklyn, college
@GoNUbaseball
• 1st-rounder 2006
• 2013-2019: 2.90 ERA, 378 IP, 459 K
• 2020: Take out 1 bad outing in Buffalo, and he had a 2.95 ERA the rest of the season
@Joelsherman1
Frank German was ranked the #Yankees 24th best prospect by http://MLB.com. The RHP was the sweetener to get Bos to take back Ottavino’ contract. They essentially are buying a prospect to some degree.
@lindseyadler
Adam Ottavino is in the last year of a three-year, $27m contract. Salary for 2021 is technically $8m, but $9m counts against the luxury tax by AAV. Yankees needed an additional 40-man spot and this gives them some more cushion if they want to stay under CBT threshold.
Beni isn't being traded. It only made sense if they were signing a big bat for LF. They don't have enough room to sign Ozuna.
They need a closer and a CFer still.