{"id":6538,"date":"2024-11-12T08:09:34","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T08:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=6538"},"modified":"2024-11-12T08:09:34","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T08:09:34","slug":"trade-breaking-red-sox-predicted-to-land-all-mlb-star-in-158-million-blockbuster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=6538","title":{"rendered":"TRADE BREAKING: Red Sox Predicted to Land All-MLB Star in $158 Million Blockbuster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Red Sox front office has signaled a commitment to reinforce one particular area of the roster.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the Boston Globe&#8217;s Alex Speier, the team&#8217;s chief baseball officer Craig Breslow\u00a0noted\u00a0that his pitching staff needs an additional frontline starter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We know we need to raise the ceiling of the rotation,&#8221; Breslow said. &#8220;I think there are a lot of ways to do that, but we&#8217;re going to be really, really open-minded.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"imageBox\">\n<div class=\"innerBox ar23-innerBox\"><picture class=\"mapping-embed\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2518054\/boston-red-sox-executive-craig-breslow.webp?w=790&amp;f=d003cc4312ae9a6f2eadc204c93d1f8c 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2518054\/boston-red-sox-executive-craig-breslow.jpg?w=790&amp;f=d003cc4312ae9a6f2eadc204c93d1f8c 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2518054\/boston-red-sox-executive-craig-breslow.webp?w=900&amp;f=2d3da01a8e1393e997df4177535e2519 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2518054\/boston-red-sox-executive-craig-breslow.jpg?w=900&amp;f=2d3da01a8e1393e997df4177535e2519 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2518054\/boston-red-sox-executive-craig-breslow.webp?w=790&amp;f=d003cc4312ae9a6f2eadc204c93d1f8c 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2518054\/boston-red-sox-executive-craig-breslow.jpg?w=790&amp;f=d003cc4312ae9a6f2eadc204c93d1f8c 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2518054\/boston-red-sox-executive-craig-breslow.webp?w=450&amp;f=4a488d9d8291030276ddcbdcf652dc72 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2518054\/boston-red-sox-executive-craig-breslow.jpg?w=450&amp;f=4a488d9d8291030276ddcbdcf652dc72 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2518054\/boston-red-sox-executive-craig-breslow.webp?w=1200&amp;f=759d9fe0cee1e3bd1158acb87016e382\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i2518054\" class=\"mapping-embed imgPhoto\" src=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2518054\/boston-red-sox-executive-craig-breslow.jpg?w=1200&amp;f=759d9fe0cee1e3bd1158acb87016e382\" alt=\"Boston Red Sox executive Craig Breslow\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"caption ar23-caption\"><span id=\"short-cap-description\" class=\"cap\">BOSTON, MA &#8211; NOVEMBER 2: Craig Breslow speaks as he is officially introduced as Chief Baseball Officer of the Boston Red Sox during a press conference on November 2, 2023 at Fenway Park in Boston,&#8230;<\/span>\u00a0<button id=\"read-more-cap\">More<\/button>\u00a0<span class=\"credit ar23-credit\">Malhotra\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Of course, a definitive way to raise that ceiling would be to sign one of the free-agent market&#8217;s most accomplished arms. And Tim Kelly of Bleacher Report has\u00a0predicted\u00a0that the Red Sox will do just that by giving Blake Snell a five-year, $158 million deal this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>Coming off of his second-career Cy Young Award win and an All-MLB First Team selection for the 2023 campaign, Snell had trouble finding a long-term deal in free agency last winter and ultimately signed a short-term contract with the San Francisco Giants. Now he&#8217;s declined his $30 million player option for 2025 to test the market again and the Red Sox could be the team to land him with a blockbuster offer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He rebounded from a difficult first half this past season with the Giants to perform like one of the best pitchers in baseball after the All-Star break, posting a 1.45 ERA across 12 starts in the second half of the season,&#8221; Kelly noted of Snell. &#8220;And unlike last year, there&#8217;s no qualifying offer attached to Snell, so any team that signs him wouldn&#8217;t have to give up draft compensation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Snell has rarely racked up a high volume of innings in his nine-year big-league career, but he has made at least 20 starts in the last four consecutive seasons. He would instantly become the Red Sox staff ace, joining Lucas Giolito and perhaps Nick Pivetta as veteran arms alongside Tanner Houck, Kutter Crawford, Brayan Bello and Garrett Whitlock, depending on how the team&#8217;s offseason shakes out.<\/p>\n<p>If the Red Sox are looking to take another step toward postseason contention with their core of prospects intact, a blockbuster free-agent signing might be the right move. And granting Snell the long-term deal he&#8217;s been searching for would certainly raise the ceiling for the team&#8217;s rotation in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Red Sox have been projected to add one of the most coveted names on the free-agent market with a nine-figure, five-year deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6539,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>TRADE BREAKING: Red Sox Predicted to Land All-MLB Star in $158 Million Blockbuster - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=6538\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"TRADE BREAKING: Red Sox Predicted to Land All-MLB Star in $158 Million Blockbuster - 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