The bullpen is hardly the most important thing the Boston Red Sox need to address right now, but on Monday, they lost out on a pitcher who was reportedly in the

Plus, updates on where Triston Casas stands, Marcelo Mayer's WBC status and Kristian Campbell's offseason work.

The teams swapped minor league pitchers, with the Sox sending rocket-armed righthander Luis Perales to Washington for towering lefthander Jake Bennett. Why trade one highly regarded pitching prospect for another? In many ways, the deal reflected contrasting positions of two organizations.