Are the Pink Sox keen to commerce Marcelo Mayer? With a number of huge identify free brokers off the board, commerce discuss is beginning to dominate offseason discourse and Mayer has been named as a attainable return for somebody like Ketel Marte. In accordance with one supply, the “Sox have proven reluctance to deal him, however haven’t handled his unavailability as an absolute.” In the meantime, some ponder whether his inventory has taken a little bit of successful after struggling in opposition to lefties final 12 months and discovering himself injured as soon as once more. (Alex Speier, Boston Globe)
One of many free brokers who lately fell off the board is infielder Jorge Polanco, who signed with the Mets this week. Whereas the Sox “stored tabs” on Polanco, the Pink Sox didn’t finally make a suggestion. (Chris Cotillo, MassLive)
We appear to have the same scenario vis a vis Polanco’s former teammate, Eugenio Suarez:
“Lukewarm” is outwardly not the phrase that’s getting used to explain the commerce talks between the Sox and Cardinals about Willson Contreras, although. Whereas a deal isn’t precisely shut, the Sox curiosity within the first baseman is now being categorized as “important.” Given the familiarity Playing cards boss Chaim Bloom has with the Sox system, it’s arduous to imagine a deal received’t get carried out if each groups need it to. (Katie Woo, The Athletic)
Talking of trades involving the Huge Three, we noticed an attention-grabbing report earlier this week that the Pink Sox reached out to the White Sox to discover re-acquiring Kyle Teel, who was traded away final offseason because the headliner of the Garrett Crochet deal. However Chicago reportedly has zero curiosity in shifting Teel and has shut down discussions. (Ken Rosenthal, Will Sammon, The Athletic)
As for the continued Alex Bregman negotiations, in case you’re the kind of one that likes to learn an excessive amount of into on-line posting exercise, word that Bregman lately modified his Instagram profile image, eradicating any visible identifiers of the Pink Sox. Scandalous!
