Red Sox to send Royals $2.8 million in Benintendi trade

[ASFN Admin]

Boston will send Kansas City $2.8 million as part of the Feb. 10 three-team trade that moved outfielder Andrew Benintendi to the Royals. The Red Sox agreed in the deal to make four payments of $466,666.67 on the 15th of each month from April through July, and two payments of $466,666.66 on the 15th of August and September, according to details obtained by The Associated Press. Boston's payments will offset some of the $6.6 million Benintendi is owed by the Royals in the final season of his $10 million, two-year contract.

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