{"id":5759,"date":"2024-11-10T08:32:52","date_gmt":"2024-11-10T08:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=5759"},"modified":"2024-11-10T08:32:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T08:32:52","slug":"mlb-notebook-red-sox-to-be-big-spenders-in-free-agency-crochet-fried-rumors-heating-up-possible-soto-fit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=5759","title":{"rendered":"MLB Notebook: Red Sox to be big spenders in free agency? Crochet, Fried rumors heating up &#038; possible Soto fit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bostonsportsjournal.com\/img\/Red%20Sox\/red-sox-white-sox-garrett-crochet-usatsi_24180676_168404153_lowres-1600x900.webp\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"col main-article-content\">\n<p><strong>Scott Boras<\/strong>\u00a0is a businessman, through and through.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s out for one thing: success for his clients, and success for himself. What does that look like from a baseball agent\u2019s standpoint? Duh. Money, and lots of it.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s with that in mind that we must take what he says this time of year with a grain of salt. Boras wants to drive up business, and what better way to do that than to suggest that teams are banging down the door for the top free agents he happens to represent?<\/p>\n<p>Teams like the Red Sox.<\/p>\n<p>If the super agent Boras is to be believed, then it looks like\u00a0<strong>John Henry<\/strong>\u2019s team will be awakening from its half-decade slumber this winter.<\/p>\n<p>Boras this week tells The Athletic, \u201cIn our meetings, (the Red Sox) are definitely letting us know that ownership is committed, that they\u2019re wanting to secure high-level players and that they\u2019re definitely planning on being very active in the free agent market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Much like with the news that the Sox will be in on\u00a0<strong>Juan Soto<\/strong>\u2026 we\u2019ll believe it when we see it.<\/p>\n<p>Yet as they say, when there\u2019s smoke\u2026 there\u2019s fire. There\u2019s always the chance that these rumors are indeed true, and\u00a0<strong>Craig Breslow<\/strong>\u00a0and Co. are finally being given the Fenway Sports Group checkbook to run rampant with.<\/p>\n<p>Again, unlikely, I know. Perhaps the Sox\u2019s recently developed reputation as unserious players throughout the league is finally catching up to them, and ownership is realizing it.<\/p>\n<p>The only thing that will and should move the needle anymore for Red Sox fans is action, not words.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Crocheting a blockbuster<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Continuing with the theme of \u201cthe Red Sox have awoken from the dead,\u201d it appears the local nine are in on another star player who is (potentially) available (and not named Juan Soto).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Garrett Crochet,<\/strong>\u00a0perhaps the top prize on the arm on the market \u2014 trade, free agent or otherwise &#8212; is likely to be on the move this offseason, and the Sox have positioned themselves as firmly in the mix.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, they are \u201cright in the thick of things\u201d in the Crochet talks, per MassLive. What does that mean? The team has reportedly communicated to the White Sox that they want to be in the running for Crochet.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s all well and good, but so are other teams.<\/p>\n<p>The first-time All-Star left-hander should be a hot commodity as bonafide contenders and fringe buyers alike do what they do every offseason and try to bulk up on starting arms. To get him, the Sox are going to have to play ball\u2026<\/p>\n<p>That means parting with at least one top prospect, and possibly more. There\u2019s talk that the Sox might be able to get a deal done without parting with a \u201cBig 4\u201d prospect \u2014\u00a0<strong>Roman Anthony<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Marcelo Mayer<\/strong>,<strong>\u00a0Kyle Teel<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Kristian Campbell<\/strong>. If I\u2019m the White Sox, the asking price starts with one of them (and Chicago GM\u00a0<strong>Chris Getz<\/strong>\u00a0told reporters that a position player(s) is the targeted return).<\/p>\n<p>If, however, the Sox can pull off a trade for Crochet without parting with any of the four, Breslow would be fully earning his \u201csmartest guy in the room\u201d moniker.<\/p>\n<p>Source: https:\/\/www.bostonsportsjournal.com\/2024\/11\/09\/mlb-notebook-red-sox-to-be-big-spenders-in-free-agency-garrett-crochet-max-fried-rumors-heating-up&#8211;possible-soto-fit<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scott Boras\u00a0is a businessman, through and through. He\u2019s out for one thing: success for his clients, and success for himself. 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