Original sentence: Although Andersen pitched well down the stretch in 1990 (allowing three runs in 22 innings of relief), and helped the Red Sox win the AL East division title on the last day of the season, Boston was swept in the American League Championship Series by Oakland, then lost Andersen to free agency.On August 30,  the Red Sox traded him to the Houston Astros for relief pitcher Larry Andersen to gear up for their playoff run.The trade is now considered one of the most one-sided trades in baseball history; in 2002 ESPN's readers named it the second-worst trade in sports history, behind only the Red Sox trading Babe Ruth to the Yankees
Edited sentence: Although Andersen pitched well down the stretch in 1990 (allowing three runs in 22 innings of relief), and helped the Red Sox win the AL East division title on the last day of the season, Boston was swept in the American League Championship Series and then lost Andersen to free agency.However, from the Red Sox' perspective, the trade made some sense at the time.Neither player was really able to establish himself at the position, and both were out of baseball by 1997.On August 30,  the Red Sox traded him to the Houston Astros for 36-year old relief pitcher Larry Andersen to gear up for their playoff run.The trade is now considered one of the most one-sided trades in baseball history; indeed, in 2002 ESPN's readers named it the second-worst trade in sports history, behind only the Red Sox shipping Babe Ruth to the Yankees.Though Bagwell was considered a top prospect, he faced a logjam in the organization at third base.Veteran Wade Boggs (who departed after 1992 season) started for the major league club, and the Sox farm system had two other top prospects at the position, Tim Naehring and Scott Cooper