Marlins acquire reliever Matt Barnes in trade with Red Sox

MIAMI — The Miami Marlins acquired reliever Matt Barnes in a commerce with the Boston Red Sox on Monday.

Miami despatched left-hander Richard Bleier to Boston for Barnes, and the Red Sox pays the Marlins $5,625,000 to cowl greater than half the $10.25 million Barnes is assured. The 32-year-old Barnes was designated for task when the Red Sox signed outfielder Adam Duvall final week.

Barnes helped Boston win the 2018 World Series, going 6-4 with a 3.65 ERA and 96 strikeouts in 62 video games masking 61.2 innings as a hard-throwing setup man that season.

He had 24 saves in 2021, making the AL All-Star squad earlier than struggling within the second half and dropping the nearer job. He fell to 0-4 with a 4.31 ERA and eight saves in 44 appearances final 12 months, hanging out 34 and strolling 21 in 39 2/3 innings.

Bleier, 35, went 2-2 with a 3.55 ERA in 2022. He made one begin and had a save.

Bleier, a Miami Beach native, made his huge league debut with the New York Yankees in 2016. He is 14-6 with a 3.06 ERA in 308 profession video games, additionally pitching for Baltimore.

Barnes, born and raised in close by Connecticut, was drafted nineteenth total by Boston in 2011 out of UConn. A transformed starter, he’s 32-30 with a 4.07 ERA and 47 saves in 9 huge league seasons.

Boston pays Miami $937,500 on the fifteenth of every month from April via September.

Barnes has a $7.5 million wage this season as a part of an $18.75 million, two-year contract. The settlement features a $9 million workforce possibility for 2024 with a $2.75 million buyout — the choice worth went up by $1 million and the buyout by $500,000 due to the commerce.

Bleier is owed $3.75 million, together with a $3.5 million wage this 12 months as a part of a deal that features a $3.75 million workforce possibility for 2024 with a $250,000 buyout.

To make room for Bleier on Boston’s 40-man roster, right-hander Franklin German was designated for task.