{"id":5398,"date":"2024-11-09T01:37:25","date_gmt":"2024-11-09T01:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=5398"},"modified":"2024-11-09T01:37:25","modified_gmt":"2024-11-09T01:37:25","slug":"trade-update-mlb-insiders-update-suggests-red-sox-made-genius-decision-with-nick-pivetta-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=5398","title":{"rendered":"TRADE UPDATE: MLB insider’s update suggests Red Sox made genius decision with Nick Pivetta offer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Reporters and fans were shocked when Boston Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow on Nov. 4 extended a qualifying offer to impending free agent pitcher Nick Pivetta.<\/p>\n

Tyler O’Neill was widely speculated to be the team’s most likely qualifying offer candidate. In theory, the Sox could’ve made the offer to both players, but if they both accepted, it’d quickly add $42.1 million to the team’s payroll.<\/p>\n

The Red Sox organization has been vocal about its need to add quality starting pitching, and most fans expected the Sox to leave Pivetta’s rotation slot open so they could sign or trade for a top-of-the-rotation arm. But Breslow’s plan could work out in Boston’s favor.<\/p>\n

\u201cNick Pivetta\u2019s market, from what I\u2019ve been told over the last couple of days, is, \u2018surprisingly strong,’\u201d Jon Morosi of MLB Network said on \u201cHot Stove\u201d on Nov. 5.<\/p>\n

Nick Pivetta’s ‘surprisingly strong’ market could work in Red Sox’s favor after qualifying offer<\/h2>\n
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When will the first domino in this stacked class of free agent starting pitchers fall?@jonmorosi<\/a> | #MLBNHotStove<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/vMoakLQ8DJ<\/a><\/p>\n

— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) November 5, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n