No one traded at this point in the season is eligible for the playoffs, but that apparently didn?t stop the Red Sox from calling the Mets in search of rotation help.
According to John Thomase of the Boston Herald the Red Sox wanted to acquire veteran left-hander Chris Capuano in time to make Sunday?s start against the Yankees, but the Mets turned down their cash offer for the impending free agent.
And right now John Lackey is in line to make the crucial start at Yankee Stadium.
After missing all of 2008 and 2009 with injuries Capuano got healthy and proved he was still effective for the Brewers last season and then signed a one-year, $1.5 million deal with the Mets, logging 175 innings with a 4.47 ERA and 155/50 K/BB ratio.
He probably isn?t someone the Red Sox will pursue as a free agent this winter, but opening their wallet in an effort to ensure Lackey doesn?t take the mound again in 2011 wasn?t a bad try.
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