The Boston Red Sox, looking for pitching assist forward of Thursday’s MLB commerce deadline, struck a cope with the St. Louis Cardinals for veteran left-hander Steven Matz on Wednesday evening.
Boston despatched minor league first baseman Blaze Jordan to St. Louis in return.
Matz, 34, has expertise beginning and relieving, though the majority of his work has been out of the bullpen in 2025. Of his 32 appearances, 30 have come out of the bullpen, and total, he has a 3.44 ERA throughout 55 innings, hanging out 47 whereas holding left-handers to a .179 batting common.
Matz spent his first six main league seasons with the New York Mets, the place he primarily was a starter, then spent a yr with the Toronto Blue Jays earlier than signing as a free agent with the Cardinals in 2021. He’ll be a free agent after this season.
Matz’s finest season got here in 2021, when his 14 wins for Toronto had been second most within the American League.
Jordan was a third-round decide of the Crimson Sox in 2020, taken by then-Boston chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom. Bloom now works for the Cardinals and can take over as their president of baseball operations throughout this coming offseason, changing longtime entrance workplace government John Mozeliak.
Jordan, 22, is a power-hitting first baseman who began the season at Double A and was promoted to Triple A in early June. Throughout each ranges in 2025, he has 12 dwelling runs and 61 RBI whereas batting .304.