Giolito Has New Home In St. Louis
In a surprising move, the
Boston Red Sox announced that they traded 29-year old SP
Lucas Giolito and 35-year old C
Roberto Perez to the
St. Louis Cardinals in return for 28-year old 2B/SS/OF
Tommy Edman and 23-year old SP
Cooper Hjerpe. I recognize this is a gamble on my part, as
Giolito has top-of-the-rotation skills and a manageable salary. With that said, if I am going to move on from
Trevor Story at the SS position, I need a sparkplug player who is versatile with positional assignments and who can put the ball in play. I believe that
Edman can fill this void. The
Cardinals retained 100% of
Edman's salary of the next 2 years ($16.5M). Regarding the trade,
Boston Assistant GM
Brian O'Halloran explained that "
This is not too bad. You can try asking for more but could be fair as it stands."
St. Louis receives:
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Lucas Giolito (29-year old SP)
1st round pick, 16th overall, of the Washington Nationals (2012)
All-Star selection (2019)
8-15 W/L record with 204 K, 73 BB, and 4.88 ERA for 0.4 WAR in 184 1/3 IP (MLB / 2023)
61-62 W/L record with 1077 K, 385 BB, and 4.43 ERA for 10.8 WAR in 1013 2/3 IP (MLB / 8 seasons)
Roberto Perez (35-year old C)
33rd round pick of the Cleveland Guardians (2008)
Gold Glove Award (2019, 2020)
.133/.235/.133 with 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 R, 1 RBI for -0.1 WAR in 17 PA (MLB / 2023)
.207/.298/.358 with 57 2B, 4 3B, 55 HR, 165 R, 193 RBI for 5.9 WAR in 1734 PA (MLB / 10 seasons)
Boston receives:
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Tommy Edman (28-year old SS)
6th round pick, 196th overall, of the St. Louis Cardinals (2016).
Gold Glove Award (2021)
.248/.307/.399 with 25 2B, 4 3B, 13 HR, 69 R, 47 RBI for 1.8 WAR in 525 PA (MLB / 2023)
.265/.319/.408 with 121 2B, 19 3B, 53 HR, 343 R, 222 RBI for 9.8 WAR in 2419 PA (MLB / 5 seasons)
Cooper Hjerpe (23-year old SP)
1st round pick, 22nd overall, of the St. Louis Cardinals (2022)
2-4 W/L record with 54 K, 26 BB, and 4.15 ERA for -0.5 WAR in 43 1/3 IP (A+ / 2023)