Red Sox receive three prospects to complete Andrew Benintendi trade

Nearly four months later, the Andrew Benintendi trade is finally complete.

The Red Sox, who sent Benintendi to the Royals in a three-team trade (which also included the Mets) that brought them back five players on February 10, announced the remaining three players to be named later, who are all minor leaguers, on Friday. They were right-handed pitchers Luis De La Rosa and Grant Gambrell (Royals) and outfielder Freddy Valdez (Mets).

The Red Sox had already received outfielder Franchy Cordero and right-handed pitcher Josh Winckowski. Cordero started the season with the Red Sox before recently being demoted to Triple-A Worcester, while Winckowski has been tearing it up with Double-A Portland, posting a 1.33 ERA through five starts.

Entering Friday, Benintendi was batting .292 with a .751 OPS, five homers and 24 RBI in 51 games with the Royals.

Here’s a quick summary on the three remaining players coming back in the trade:

* Freddy Valdez is a 19-year-old outfielder who was ranked as the No. 14 overall prospect in the Mets system by MLB.com. He was signed by the Mets from the Dominican Republic in 2018 and made his professional debut in 2019 with the Mets’ Dominican Summer League team. Valdez batted .274 (63-for-230) with an .814 OPS, 16 doubles, six home runs and 39 RBI over 57 games between the Mets’ DSL team and three games with the Gulf Coast League team.

* Grant Gambrell is a 23-year-old pitcher who was taken in the third round of the 2019 draft by the Royals. In 16 games, which includes 15 starts, between rookie-level Idaho (2019( and High-A Quad Cities (2021), Gambrell is 3-7 with a 5.62 ERA and 46 strikeouts to 18 walks.

* Luis De La Rosa is an 18-year-old pitcher who signed with the Royals out of the Dominican Republic in 2018. He made his professional debut with the Dominican Summer League Royals 1 in 2019, making 11 starts and posting a 2.33 ERA to earn the club’s Pitcher of the Year award as a 16-year-old.

from Boston Herald https://ift.tt/3ggAnZ8