Manfred: Red Sox declined opportunity to rescind Pomeranz trade

Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred told reporters Sunday that the Boston Red Sox were offered the opportunity to rescind the Drew Pomeranz-Anderson Espinoza trade with the San Diego Padres, but declined to do so.

The Red Sox options were to either undo the trade or keep it as it was. They were not able to revise the trade in any way.

Red Sox chairman Tom Werner and members of the front office were irate with the Padres after it was revealed in August that the club withheld certain medical information on Pomeranz prior to trading him to Boston in mid-July.

Padres general manager AJ Preller received a 30-day suspension last month from the league following an investigation. Manfred said it's up to the Padres to decide whether the organization wishes to fire Preller for the infraction, and deemed the case closed.

"I accept full responsibility for issues related to the oversight of our medical administration and record keeping," Preller said last month. "I want to emphasize that there was no malicious intent on the part of me, or anyone on my staff, to conceal information or disregard MLB's recommended guidelines.

Pomeranz was dealt to the Red Sox in exchange for top pitching prospect Anderson Espinoza. After going 8-7 with a 2.47 ERA in 17 starts with San Diego, Pomeranz went 3-5 with a 4.68 ERA in 13 starts in Boston.