Insider lists Red Sox as fits for top pitchers who could get traded

It’s evident that the Crimson Sox want some assist on the high of their rotation, which is a part of the rationale why one insider believes they’ll be within the combine for a number of the high pitchers who may be obtainable this offseason.

In a column itemizing the highest 10 MLB gamers probably to be traded this offseason, The Athletic‘s Jim Bowden listed the Crimson Sox as a match for the 5 high pitchers on the record — Tigers LHP Tarik Skubal, Brewers RHP Freddy Peralta, Reds RHP Hunter Greene, Nationals LHP MacKenzie Gore, and Marlins RHP Sandy Alcantara.

Bowden cited the Crimson Sox’ “deep farm system” as a part of the rationale why they may be capable of land a type of pitchers. They’d actually have to faucet into their farm system with a view to purchase Skubal, who appears prone to be named AL Cy Younger for a second straight season quickly.

Nevertheless, there isn’t a lot precedent of a crew buying and selling a back-to-back Cy Younger winner. The Blue Jays’ commerce of Roger Clemens to the Yankees in 1999 is the one such occasion of that occuring, with New York giving up All-Star David Wells and supplementary items for the then-36-year-old Clemens.

Contemplating Skubal’s age (he’ll flip 29 in November) and different latest trades involving star pitchers, you’d should think about the Tigers would get greater than what the Blue Jays did for Clemens in 1999. Simply final offseason, the Crimson Sox gave up two top-100 prospects, together with a top-50 prospect in Kyle Teel, for Garrett Crochet regardless of solely being a beginning pitcher for one season.

Getting into the offseason, the Crimson Sox have 4 gamers ranked in MLB Pipeline’s top-100 prospects record (Payton Tolle, Kyson Witherspoon, Jhostynxon Garcia, Franklin Arias). On high of that, the Crimson Sox have a few different not too long ago graduated high prospects (Marcelo Mayer, Kristian Campbell) who could possibly be made obtainable and pitcher Connelly Early, who has had a short stint of success within the majors.

It ought to be famous that Skubal is coming into the ultimate 12 months of crew management. There’s a $250 million hole between what Skubal is asking for and what the Tigers have provided, according to the New York Post‘s Jon Heyman, as some insiders have speculated that he could possibly be the primary pitcher to obtain a $400 million deal.

Past Skubal, Peralta is the one different pitcher on that record coming into the ultimate 12 months of crew management. The Brewers All-Star went 17-6 with a 2.70 ERA this previous season.

As for Gore, Bowden famous that the Nationals’ determination to rent Crimson Sox assistant normal supervisor Paul Toboni to be their subsequent normal supervisor may make Boston a pure match for the lefty.

“He’s so accustomed to Boston’s prospect cupboard that I’m certain he’d discover a sturdy return even when he can’t land the crew’s absolute best prospects in a commerce,” Bowden wrote.

Gore may not have the outcomes the opposite pitchers on Bowden’s record do, however there may be upside there. He turns 27 in February and has logged a sub-4.00 FIP the final two years regardless of having a 4.17 ERA this previous season. He’s additionally underneath crew management till 2028.

Greene may be probably the most far-fetched possibility of the 5 because the 26-year-old has three extra seasons of crew management left and has posted a sub-3.00 ERA in every of the final two seasons. That helped the Reds make the playoffs for the primary time in over a decade this previous season.

Lastly, Alcantara was a rumored Crimson Sox goal forward of the commerce deadline in July. The Crimson Sox provided the Marlins a number of packages that included Tolle, Garcia, and Arias because the headlining prospects for the righty, WEEI’s Rob Bradford reported at the time.

After lacking your complete 2024 season attributable to Tommy John surgical procedure, Alcanara struggled in 2025 (11-12, 5.36 ERA). Nevertheless, the 30-year-old gained the NL Cy Younger in 2022 and posted a 3.70 ERA during the last two months of the season.