If you’re a frustrated fan of the Boston Red Sox watching the current plans to address the right-handed hole in the lineup, you’re not alone. Alex Bregman seems to be sitting there on a platter for Craig Breslow and Co. to snatch up and have infield versatility with a right-handed bat that has raked at Fenway Park. Instead, it seems like things are trending toward a Nolan Arenado trade.
John Denton of MLB.com furthered reports that Arenado and the Red Sox were on track currently to end up together, confirming that the Gold Glove third baseman would waive his no-trade clause for Boston. He also added that the Red Sox are now considered a “strong candidate” and could pull out of the Bregman sweepstakes as well.
Perhaps the most distressing part of Denton’s latest report is that Boston could make trading for Arenado contingent upon trading Triston Casas, moving Rafael Devers to first base, then slotting Arenado — who the Red Sox also reportedly would want the St. Louis Cardinals to eat a “sizable chunk of the money still owed” — at third.
I’ve long not been a fan of trading Casas or moving Devers anywhere other than DH, even if not yet. Moreover, Arenado has shown more decline than what worries many people about Bregman and, more worryingly, doesn’t solve the Red Sox issues against left-handed pitching given that he’s posted reverse splits in each of the past two seas
If you’re a frustrated fan of the Boston Red Sox watching the current plans to address the right-handed hole in the lineup, you’re not alone. Alex Bregman seems to be sitting there on a platter for Craig Breslow and Co. to snatch up and have infield versatility with a right-handed bat that has raked at Fenway Park. Instead, it seems like things are trending toward a Nolan Arenado trade.
John Denton of MLB.com furthered reports that Arenado and the Red Sox were on track currently to end up together, confirming that the Gold Glove third baseman would waive his no-trade clause for Boston. He also added that the Red Sox are now considered a “strong candidate” and could pull out of the Bregman sweepstakes as well.
Perhaps the most distressing part of Denton’s latest report is that Boston could make trading for Arenado contingent upon trading Triston Casas, moving Rafael Devers to first base, then slotting Arenado — who the Red Sox also reportedly would want the St. Louis Cardinals to eat a “sizable chunk of the money still owed” — at third.
I’ve long not been a fan of trading Casas or moving Devers anywhere other than DH, even if not yet. Moreover, Arenado has shown more decline than what worries many people about Bregman and, more worryingly, doesn’t solve the Red Sox issues against left-handed pitching given that he’s posted reverse splits in each of the past two sea