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Red Sox Acquire Taylor Broadway From White Sox

By Anthony Franco | August 30, 2022 at 10:09pm CDT

The Red Sox announced they’ve acquired minor league reliever Taylor Broadway from the White Sox. He’s the player to be named later in this month’s trade that sent reliever Jake Diekman to Chicago for catcher Reese McGuire.

A closer at Ole Miss, Broadway was selected by the White Sox in the sixth round of the 2021 amateur draft. A college senior, he signed for $30K but has quickly progressed to the upper minors. The right-hander made just 15 appearances in A-ball before getting a bump to Double-A Birmingham. He’s spent most of this season there, pitching to a 4.74 ERA across 49 1/3 innings. While it’s not an especially impressive ERA, the 25-year-old has struck out a strong 33.9% of opposing hitters while issuing walks at only a 6.4% clip.

Broadway was eligible to be traded even after the August 2 deadline, as he’s never occupied a spot on a 40-man roster. As MLBTR’s Steve Adams explored this month, players who have spent the entire season in the minor leagues and haven’t been added to an MLB 40-man or injured list at any point this year are still eligible to be traded. Broadway will report to Double-A Portland and adds an upper level bullpen arm to the system.

As for the big leaguers involved in that swap, the Red Sox have gotten the better results through the first month. McGuire is hitting .396/.412/.500 through 16 games while taking the strong side of a catching platoon with Kevin Plawecki. Diekman has allowed six runs (five earned) with 13 strikeouts but eight walks in 8 1/3 frames with the South Siders. McGuire will be arbitration-eligible for the first time this offseason; Diekman is under contract for $3.5MM next season and has a $4MM club option or a $1MM buyout for 2024.

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27 Comments

  1. SteveC

    3 years ago

    Spanky for Dickman alone has been well worth that trade.

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  2. Neon Cop

    3 years ago

    Broadway’s dark tonight…

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    • MLB Top 100 Commenter

      3 years ago

      Broadway for a song.

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    • Rsox

      3 years ago

      A little bit weaker than it used to be

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    • rmullig2

      3 years ago

      Looking at him just gives me the blues.

      Reply
  3. LouWhitakerHOF

    3 years ago

    Looks like Gunnar Henderson is getting the call up. Henderson or McCarthy from the Diamondbacks?

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  4. chemfinancing

    3 years ago

    Taylor Broadway a guy who doesnt even have a picture on baseball reference and has struggled significantly at all levels – take me back to 2018

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    • all in the suit that you wear

      3 years ago

      Lots of people, especially prospects, don’t have their picture in Baseball Reference. That doesn’t mean anything. I would have been happy if they took Diekman and his contract for free.

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      • chemfinancing

        3 years ago

        *rolls eyes*

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    • Dorothy_Mantooth

      3 years ago

      @Drake – He was actually quite good in 2021 across all levels of the White Sox farm teams that he was assigned to. He definitely took a step back this season but it was his first time in AA. He is basically a ‘free’ arm for Boston so welcome to Portland, ME! Perhaps he can turn the corner and add some depth to the system.

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      • chemfinancing

        3 years ago

        @Dorothy_Mantooth yep good in 12.2 innings zacko

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    • MuleorAstroMule

      3 years ago

      What do expect to get back for a terrible reliever on a bad contract?

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  5. Rsox

    3 years ago

    At least the Sox got the better end of that deal so far.

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    • Kelly Wunsch N' Munch

      3 years ago

      I’d say which ones but obviously the Red Sox got the better end of this trade. Terrible deal for the White Sox though. Didn’t care for the move when it occurred.

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  6. BlueSkies_LA

    3 years ago

    We’ll remember him to Herald Square, but no further.

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  7. IronBallsMcGinty

    3 years ago

    I wonder if he’s related to the former White Sox drafted player Lance Broadway?

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  8. windmill_noise_causes_cancer

    3 years ago

    Had no idea McGuire was hitting that well with Boston. He’s certainly beating the odds.

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    • juanc-2

      3 years ago

      Hey-o!

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  9. Dorothy_Mantooth

    3 years ago

    Broadway doesn’t seem to be much of a prospect but I had no idea there was a PTBNL involved in the Diekman deal to begin with. It certainly can’t hurt the Red Sox as their bullpen pitching depth in the minors is quite thin. Maybe he can figure things out and eventually become the 12th or 13th man in the bullpen. Stranger things have happened.

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    • all in the suit that you wear

      3 years ago

      Agreed. I think getting rid of Diekman and the $4.5M attached to him while getting something in return was surprising.

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      • Horace Fury

        3 years ago

        And a bit of a coup for Bloom, who managed to undo his 2-year contractual mistake on Diekman with a net positive, as I expect the team will go with McGuire and Wong splitting the catching duties in 2023 and get a good result from that pairing.

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      • JoeBrady

        3 years ago

        I said the same thing before Taylor re-injured himself, and Hernandez blew up. I didn’t see any fit for Diekman, and thought if we moved him in exchange for nothing, it would be a step forward. Taylor & Hernandez haven’t worked out like I hoped, but I am not missing Diekman one bit.

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  10. GreenMonsta

    3 years ago

    Broadway at Double A:
    13.9 K/9 = He certainly knows how to miss bats
    58 hits in 49 inn = He gets hit hard, when he isn’t striking them out

    An enigma for sure. But, certainly something that can be built on. He’s still better than a few of Portland’s relievers.

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    • GaryWarriorsRedSox

      3 years ago

      In the minors that might mean his ball does not have a lot of movement?

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    • JoeBrady

      3 years ago

      58 hits in 49 inn = He gets hit hard, when he isn’t striking them out
      =============================
      It’s hard to tell without having the velocity readings. His BABIP in AA was .413, suggesting he might be somewhat unlucky, or they could simply be hard-hit balls.

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  11. SupremeZeus

    3 years ago

    Bonus, Hahn has Diekman locked in for his 36 yo season as well…so he has that goin’ for him, which is nice. Hahn just can’t stop stepping on rakes.

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  12. Dumpster Divin Theo

    3 years ago

    He’s got filthy stuff that Broadway. Struck out Jake Lamb. The Lamb lied down on Broadway’s stuff.

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