White Sox and Red Sox Swap Relievers

[ThomasTomasz]

BOSTON (AP) -- The Boston Red Sox sent righty David Riske to the Chicago White Sox for lefty Javier Lopez in a trade of relievers Thursday.

The Red Sox bullpen had no lefties and had been struggling recently.

Lopez was 2-1 with an 0.55 ERA with 12 saves for Triple-A Charlotte this year. He was expected to be with Boston for Thursday night's finale of a three-game series at Minnesota.

Lopez appeared in 171 games with Colorado and Arizona and has a 6-4 record with a 6.09 ERA in the majors.

Riske, obtained by Boston in an offseason trade that brought center fielder Coco Crisp to the Red Sox, was 0-1 with a 3.72 ERA in eight appearances. He was on the disabled list with a lower back strain from April 12 through May 22.

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[Giants666]

Lopez is a submarine pitcher, you see this guy pitch it's amazing how crapy he's done in the bigs. It's just crap for crap.

[Dry1313]

Riske is OK.

[ThomasTomasz]

Riske's decent, and going to a place like Chicago could help him rediscover himself. At one point, he was considered the closer of the future for Cleveland, if I recall. However, the past three years, he's had really good seasons, with ERAs of 2.89, 3.72, and 3.10.

[Kingdom]

That trade soxs.