Why would Diamondbacks give up a what looks like solid and promising RF in Fletcher?
Safe to assume he will be starting RF for Sox this coming year
Thomas
Carroll
Gurriel
Pederson
McCarthy
Smith
Fletcher doesn't stick over any of those guys. Then guys like Canzone, Barrosa, Robinson, Hurley, Jones who will eventually move up the system. Point is OF is not a position of weakness for the Dbacks, pitching is.
Canzone is with the Mariners now.
But yea, they are deep in OF with a superstar and potentially another star in Thomas, so they dealt from a position of strength for a good pitching prospect.