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The Jordan Hicks Trade Fiasco: How the Red Sox Paid Millions, Burned a Prospect, and Still Got Nothing

Another Chapter in Boston’s Ongoing War on Its Own Farm System

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James Dalfino
Feb 02, 2026
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There bad trades.
There are panic trades.


And then there are Red Sox payroll-driven, self-inflicted, spreadsheet-approved disasters — the kind where ownership saves money, fans lose years off their lives, and the baseball return is a polite shrug.

Welcome to the Jordan Hicks Experience. Again. Somehow.

Because if you thought the Rafael Devers trade was done…

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