Red Sox are no ethics bellwether in San Diego trade issue

Red Sox Nation is now bristling over the possibility that the San Diego Padres withheld medical information on a recent trade. Boston is not angelic itself.

Did the Boston Red Sox get scammed in a recent deal with the San Diego Padres? The issue was the release of complete medical information on the players being exchanged and that is SOP, or standard operating procedure, in baseball and occasionally there is a problem when questions arise – in this case, the trade of Drew Pomeranz for the Red Sox most prominent pitching prospect, Anderson Espinoza.

The Miami Marlins and San Diego Padres recently had a transaction nullified when a player traded had some injury concerns and that is indeed…