Aroldis Chapman Coming To The Sox

Cuban left-handed pitcher Aroldis Chapman has an offer on the table from the Boston Red Sox worth $15.5 million, several sources told ESPN The Magazine's Jorge Arangure Jr.
Chapman, whose fastball was clocked at 102 mph at the World Baseball Classic this year, defected from the Cuban national team in August during a tournament in the Netherlands. ESPN

With the Sox signing John Lackey this move would make a lot of sense. Chapman is a project, and will need a couple of years to get his control all set. Even though Bob is cautious with his "potential" character issues, I'm not worried about it. He won't have a lot of time to do that stuff, because he will be focused on making it up to the show. With the rotation that we have he can stay in the minors, and then him and Junichi Tazawa will come up and be kick ass rookies. He will be a number 2 pitcher at the least, and by the time he comes up, we will need that.