Chaim!

The Red Sox made their first big move of the offseason today, as current CBO Craig Breslow made a deal with recently departed CBO Chaim Bloom, acquiring three-time All-Star and former Cy Young runner-up Sonny Gray from the Cardinals in exchange for Richard Fitts and prospect Brandon Clarke (the #8 prospect in the system according to SoxProspects.com), and either a player to be named later or cash. Gray, who turned 36 two weeks ago, is owed $35 million plus a $5 million buyout for the final year his contract next season. But the Cardinals are eating $20 million of his salary, leaving the Sox on the hook for $20 million for the purposes of MLB’s competitive balance tax.

Let’s start here: this is a good move in a vacuum. Gray’s 5.89 strikeout-to-walk ratio was the fourth-best in all

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