The Rays show the rest of the league how to make a deal:

The Boston Red Sox enhanced their thin starting rotation for a playoff run, obtaining right-hander Nathan Eovaldi from the Tampa Bay Rays in a trade for minor league lefty Jalen Beeks.

Eovaldi had been scheduled to start the Rays’ game against the New York Yankees on Wednesday but was scratched about two hours before game time.

“I assumed there was a possibility, of course, especially where I am in my career and the way my contract was for this year,” Eovaldi said before leaving Tropicana Field. “I was assuming that I would be traded, but as for what team it would be, I wasn’t thinking about that at all.”

Eovaldi can become a free agent after this season.

They Rays signed Eovaldi cheap, he pitched well, and now they have a young pitcher who performed well at AAA, especially in terms of three-true outcomes. The Red Sox get a great control pitcher, as Eovaldi walked just eight batters in 57 innings.