Drew Pomeranz

Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Drew Pomeranz delivers during first inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park, Wednesday, July 20, 2016, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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Drew Pomeranz didn't have the best debut for his new club.

But neither did Anderson Espinoza.

Espinoza, the 18-year-old righthander who the Red Sox traded to San Diego last Thursday in exchange for Pomeranz, posted an eerily similar line to Pomeranz in his debut for the Single-A Fort Wayne TinCaps on Wednesday night.

Espinoza allowed four runs on seven hits and two walks with one strikeout in just three innings of work against the Wisoncisn Timber Rattlers.

On the same night in Boston, Pomeranz allowed five runs on eight and two walks while striking out four in three innings.

The whirlwind week of the trade likely played a big factor in the atrocious starts for each starter, but it provided and interesting note nonetheless.

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