January 28th, 2024
MLB.com is preserving word of the final most up-to-date free-agent and exchange rumors inviting the Red Sox simply here.
Jan. 28: Who are the Red Sox targeting in see for pitching advantage?
Even supposing the Red Sox are persevering with their see for pitching advantage ahead of the originate of Spring Coaching in February, a transfer for one of many pause palms left on the free-agent market is no longer anticipated to happen.
Alex Speier of the Boston Globe (subscription required) wrote Saturday that “every indication stays that the Sox won’t be pursuing lengthy-time length affords for [Jordan] Sir Bernard Law or [Blake] Snell,” which is rarely exactly monstrous after Red Sox CEO Sam Kennedy told newshounds ahead of the team’s annual Iciness Weekend match earlier this month that Boston’s 2024 payroll would “doubtlessly” be decrease than it used to be closing one year.
As an substitute, the Red Sox are shopping for decrease-payment palms to possess out their depth. Primarily primarily based on Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com, Boston’s targets embody swingman Jakob Junis and reliever Ryne Stanek.
Junis posted personal bests in ERA (3.87), Okay/9 (10.0) and Okay/BB ratio (4.57) over 86 innings spanning 40 appearances (four begins) for the Giants in 2023 and owns a lifetime 4.64 ERA during 168 appearances (110 begins).
Stanek, meanwhile, has posted a 3.45 ERA and a 10.5 Okay/9 over 338 appearances in his seven-one year profession, including a 4.09 ERA for the Astros in 2023. He has made 56 begins within the immense leagues, but all of them were as an opener for the Rays in 2018-19.
Per Cotillo, a Stanek deal may perhaps well well very smartly be unlikely unless the Red Sox exchange closer Kenley Jansen, which stays a possibility.
Jan. 17: Red Sox reportedly attracted to bringing help Duvall, Turner
Whereas the Red Sox remain in conversations with gamers and teams who may perhaps well like advantage them upgrade their pitching workers, president of baseball operations Craig Breslow told Pete Abraham of The Boston Globe earlier this week that discovering a match has been “a scenario.”
Presumably this can even be a shrimp bit more uncomplicated for Breslow to tackle one other team need: a energy bat from the simply aspect of the plate.
“Yes, we would relish so to add energy,” he acknowledged. “We would relish to salvage simply-handed energy.”
The club may perhaps well well pause up signing a smartly-identified face to profit in that location. Abraham reviews that the team is in talks with outfielder Adam Duvall and infielder Justin Turner.
Duvall acquired off to a crimson-hot originate closing season with Boston before a fractured left wrist sidelined him for two months. He ended up hitting 21 home runs with an .834 OPS in 92 video games. However, Duvall, who has lengthy been a stellar outfielder, recorded minus-4 outs above real looking in center field closing one year. The Red Sox may perhaps well well set apart the 35-one year-outdated in simply field, the put Wilyer Abreu seems to be to be their top possibility at the 2d.
Turner, 39, registered a .276/.345/.455 cut line in his first season with the club in 2023. He compiled 23 homers and 31 doubles in 146 video games. A longtime third baseman, Turner is a much bigger fit within the foundation atrocious or designated hitter at this point in his profession. Triston Casas seems to be to be Boston’s day to day first baseman, but when Turner re-signs, he may perhaps well well portion at-bats with Masataka Yoshida and others at DH. Per Abraham, Boston plans to spread opportunities during the club in possibility to salvage one fat-time DH in 2024.
Jan. 10: The put will Red Sox see rotation advantage?
Whereas the Red Sox were reportedly among the finalists within the creep to signal Jap left-hander Shōta Imanaga ahead of the Thursday time restrict on his posting length, the 30-one year-outdated has reportedly reached a deal with the Cubs, leaving Boston help at sq. one.
The Red Sox, even though reportedly prioritizing strengthening their rotation, salvage added simplest Lucas Giolito up to now whereas procuring and selling Chris Sale to the Braves in exchange for infielder Vaughn Grissom. On the time of the Giolito signing, the club had furthermore reportedly expressed ardour in Blake Snell, Jordan Sir Bernard Law and James Paxton.
Jan. 7: Red Sox listening on Jansen, Yoshida (file)
Whereas the Red Sox continue to explore loads of alternate choices so to add to their roster, they’d perchance furthermore search to exchange away just a few gamers to salvage their payroll in evaluate.
Primarily primarily based on USA This day’s Bob Nightengale, Boston is telling teams that All-Smartly-known individual closer Kenley Jansen — owed $16 million within the final one year of a two-one year contract — is available. The team is furthermore exciting to hear on outfielder Masataka Yoshida, who signed a 5-one year, $90 million deal with the Red Sox closing offseason.
Jansen is much eliminated from his top, but he stays an efficient closing possibility. The 36-one year-outdated recorded 29 saves with a 3.63 ERA and 52 Okay’s over 44 2/3 innings closing season.
As for Yoshida, The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal and Jen McCaffrey (subscription required) previously reported that loads of teams were showing ardour within the 30-one year-outdated. Yoshida hit .289 with 15 homers and a .783 OPS over 140 video games in his first season with the Red Sox, though he produced factual 1.4 WAR (per Baseball-Reference) thanks in fragment to his unfortunate protection in left field.
Cot’s Baseball Contracts puts Boston’s most up-to-date Competitive Balance Tax amount at roughly $192 million for 2024 (including projected salaries for arbitration-eligible gamers), around $45 million petrified of the most valuable tax threshold of $237 million.
It is questionable whether or no longer the Red Sox can signal just a few high-priced free agents and remain below the edge with out shedding wage in a exchange.
