The newly revealed suitors on Lugo are all sensible. Each has found themselves in the market for starting pitching.
The Braves made a run at before he returned to the Phillies. They subsequently signed Reynaldo López, whom they're considering stretching back to rotation work. Atlanta also acquired Marco Gonzales in last night's trade with the Mariners but reportedly plan to flip the southpaw elsewhere. Boston has been in the market for multiple starting pitchers. They're involved on top-of-the-market options like Jordan Montgomery and Yoshinobu Yamamoto but are surely identifying targets at various tiers of free agency. Chief baseball officer Craig Breslow reiterated this afternoon that the rotation was the Sox's top priority. The D-Backs have made no secret of their desire for a mid-rotation starter to step in behind and Merrill Kelly and alongside Brandon Pfaadt. Arizona general manager Mike Hazen suggested this evening that acquisition was likelier to come via free agency than trade.
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