The Boston Red Sox have acquired star closer Craig Kimbrel from the San Diego Padres.
Source: #RedSox acquiring Kimbrel from #Padres. Return not yet known.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) November 14, 2015
RHP Logan Allen among players from Boston headed to SD #RedSox #Padres
— Josh Norris (@jnorris427) November 14, 2015
Manuel Margot also headed to San Diego. #RedSox #Padres
— Josh Norris (@jnorris427) November 14, 2015
The Padres were shopping Kimbrel hard before the trade deadline, so it is no surprise that he is being traded now. Kimbrel is arguably the best closer in all of baseball, so he was sure to fetch a big price tag for whoever traded for him.