'Decent Chance' Red Sox Trade Lone All-Star From 2023, Dodgers Linked As Logical Fit
Will the Boston Red Sox trade their lone All-Star from a season ago amid this incredibly depressing offseason that just continues to get worse for Red Sox fans?
Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow is in search of starting pitching as well as an impact right-handed bat with positional versatility.
If he has to remain under last season's payroll -- as Red Sox president and CEO Sam Kennedy implied at Winter Weekend -- he might have to consider trading high-end assets to stay under ownership's imaginary financial restraints.
The most logical player to trade is closer Kenley Jansen, who is owed $16 million next season, the final year of his contract. Jansen's availability has been widely reported. One insider could see him being on the move soon.
"Kenley Jansen to the Dodgers, someone speculated," Heyman said Wednesday while appearing on a Bleacher Report live stream. "I think that's a pretty good speculation. Not going to say likely, I do think that Kenley Jansen has a decent chance to be traded and I'm sure he wouldn't mind going to the Dodgers -- who wouldn't at this point."
The Red Sox could use the extra payroll flexibility to sign Jordan Montgomery and then sign someone along the likes of Ryne Stanek to bolster the bullpen if Jansen was moved.
That would follow along with the latest trends of the Red Sox making moves that improve one area of the roster only to hurt another -- leading to two last-place finishes in a row.
Crazy idea -- what if the Red Sox just tried to get better without shooting themselves in the foot with each move?
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