The Juan Soto saga is over, and the Red Sox didn’t get their man. That is been, by far, the most definitely consequence all alongside, even when the fanbase did get labored up about the potential for Soto entering into the Williams/Yaz/Manny lineage of Crimson Sox left fielders. The Sox ended up providing round $700 million over 15 years which, whereas quite a lot of freaking cash, didn’t find yourself significantly near the Mets, who inked the longer term HOFer for $765 million, with escalators that would deliver the entire deal as much as $800 million. (Chris Cotillo, Sean McAdam, MassLive)
So the place do the Crimson Sox pivot to now? When it comes to discovering influence bats, another acquainted title is off the board, as Tyler O’Neill signed a free agent cope with the Orioles. With the approaching debuts of Roman Anthony and Kristian Campbell, the Sox could have a plethora of outfield choices subsequent yr. However the Crimson Sox could also be hesitant to start out both prospect within the massive leagues, and O’Neill’s departure does much more left-right harm to an already unbalanced lineup. (Chris Cotillo, MassLive)
How about, uh, Alex Bregman? Per sources, he has turn out to be one of many Crimson Sox high priorities within the wake of the Soto failure. (Rob Bradford, WEEI)
With Rafael Devers at the moment enjoying third base, a Bregman deal would necessitate some massive modifications within the Crimson Sox roster. Maybe that’s why the Crimson Sox have already supplied up Triston Casas in a deal for a pitcher. (Alex Speier, Boston Globe)
Triston Casas is to OTM in 2024 what Jonathan Taylor Thomas was to Tiger Beat in 1996, which is to say that, if the Sox commerce Casas, I’m going to interrupt issues. So possibly they need to simply give some cash to some pitchers as a substitute? They’ve already met with free brokers Corbin Burnes and Max Fried. (Alex Speier, Boston Globe)
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