NORMAN — Skip Johnson stopped for a moment. Oklahoma was holding baseball practice just a few days before its season-opening game against Auburn at 11 a.m. Friday when the fifth-year head coach watched his pitchers go through their usual bullpen routine.

In what should not come as much of a surprise, Paul Toboni made a trade with his old club, the Boston Red Sox. The trade itself is a bit surprising and a bit random. It is a prospect for prospect swap, with the Nationals trading Jake Bennett to the Red Sox for Luis Perales.