There’s a “very good chance” the Red Sox trade Lackey and Lester

By Craig CalcaterraJul 30, 2014, 12:27 PM EDT
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The Red Sox are almost certain to trade Jon Lester. We’ve heard that the Red Sox may also consider trading John Lackey. But Ken Rosenthal just tweeted something that could turn this into a blockbuster:

That totally depends on whether “along with” means “as a package deal” or “trade them both, but to separate teams.”

Anyone getting both of those guys as immediately and dramatically improved their club. The Red Sox moving both of those guys — one of the best pitchers in the AL along with a guy who will be paid so little next season compared to his more-than-decent production — would justify a tremendous haul. Of course, even if it’s in separate deals, trading both of these guys would constitute a pretty major Boston overhaul.

UPDATE: Rosenthal clarifies:

OK, still fun.

Video reviews overturn 42% rate; Boston most successful

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Associated PressSep 29, 2020, 8:02 PM EDT
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NEW YORK (AP) Video reviews overturned 42.4% of calls checked during Major League Baseball’s shortened regular season, down slightly from 44% in 2019.

Boston was the most successful team, gaining overturned calls on 10 of 13 challenges for 76.9%. The Chicago White Sox were second, successful on eight of 11 challenges for 72.7%, followed by Kansas City at seven of 10 (70%).

Pittsburgh was the least successful at 2 of 11 (18.2%), and Toronto was 7 of 25 (28%).

Minnesota had the most challenges with 28 and was successful on nine (32.1%). The New York Yankees and Milwaukee tied for the fewest with nine each; the Yankees were successful on five (55.6%) and the Brewers three (33.3%).

MLB said Tuesday there were 468 manager challenges and 58 crew chief reviews among 526 total reviews during 898 games. The average time of a review was 1 minute, 25 seconds, up from 1:16 the previous season, when there 1,186 manager challenges and 170 crew chief reviews among 1,356 reviews during 2,429 games.

This year’s replays had 104 calls confirmed (19.8%), 181 that stood (34.4%) and 223 overturned. An additional 12 calls (2.3%) were for rules checks and six (1.1%) for recording keeping.

In 2019 there were 277 calls confirmed (12.5%), 463 that stood (34.1%) and 597 overturned. An additional nine calls (0.7%) were for rules checks and 10 (0.7%) for record keeping.

Expanded video review started in 2014.