The Red Sox need major league starters badly, front-line guys and mid-rotation horses, preferably with some years of control involved. Left-hander Wade Miley has three years left, all arbitration years, and has thrown right around 200 innings in each of his three full seasons in the majors. He throws both four- and two-seam fastballs, a slider and a changeup, and depending on the day, you might see either of the secondary pitches become his main out pitch.

He was most successful as a command-and-control guy in his rookie season, but when he missed more bats this past year, he also nearly doubled his walk rate while getting little help from a mediocre Arizona defense.