The Tampa Bay Rays have traded former closer Brad Boxberger to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for minor league right-handed pitcher Curtis Taylor, a flame thrower ranked in Arizona’s Top-10 entering 2017.
With the non-tender deadline looming the Rays looking to shed payroll, they have traded RHP Brad Boxberger to the Arizona Diamondbacks for a cost savings of $1.9MM that he was projected to make through arbitration. Boxberger had two years of control remaining on his rookie contract.
Boxberger, 29, went 4-4 with a 3.38 ERA (29.1-IP, 11-ER) and 40 strikeouts in 30 appearances last season for the Rays after missing the first 80 games of the season with a right flexor strain, the second consecutive year he missed significant time due to injury.