The San Diego Padres, according to a industry source, have been relentless in their pursuit of Duran and have repeatedly approached the Red Sox. Problem is, they don’t match up particularly well with the Sox. They have some intriguing starters in Dylan Cease and Michael King, but both are in the final year of their deals and the Red Sox, unsurprisingly, are not about to move three-plus years of control of Duran for just two months’ control of two pitchers, especially with King currently sidelined
The one hope is this: GM A.J. Preller is among the game’s most creative executives. If Preller could package his team’s top two prospects — catcher Ethan Salas and shortstop Leo de Vries — and acquire a starter with term whom he could then flip for Duran, maybe there’s a deal still to be made between the clubs. Otherwise, it’s difficult to envision them as trading partners.
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King, Leo, Salas….whats this guy smoking?
Because AJ always telegraphs his trade targets. LOL.
If AJ even touches Leo he’s dead to me.
Salas and De Vries should be off limits for anyone tbh. Everyone else should be fair game
Letting go of Salas or De Vries would be absolutely stupid
We’re desperate, and the Sox know it. There’s no reason for them to trade Duran for anything less than their exact demands. It would be awesome to have Duran for this playoff push and through 2028, but at some point you need to let this one go if it’s going to cost you everything. Just Durran is not going to fix our offense and push us over the top this year, that’s wishful thinking. There are better, more reasonable trades we can make this year without giving up the whole farm.
am I the only one that thinks Duran is fools gold? He has .882 OPS at fenway but .620 OPS away. He can’t hit leftys (.568 OPS) so that just compounds an already huge issue with this roster construction. I don’t think he’ll come close to his production last year ever again and he’ll be a solid everyday player (ala cronenworth) but not an all star level you would expect for the asking price
I like sheets in LF. Just please focus on the catcher position and RH DH options. Maybe a cheap 5th starter like heaney could help us. Do not overpay for another LH handed OF with less pop. Sheets is hitting better than duran and is adapting to the OF well.
A DH like Ozuna or adolis garcia will work
Sean murphy or Shea Langeliers will be good catching options.
Edit: Dont look now but sheets has better defensive numbers and offensive numbers than durran.
Sheets OPS+ = 117. His OAA is -2
Duran OPS+ = 107. His OAA is -6…
Leo and Salas?? Who are we getting, Juan Soto??? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
No! Dudes ops on the road is so bad
Bro, just find a serviceable catcher and a couple of bench bats who aren’t completely embarrassing.
AJ hasn’t slept in weeks
There’s zero chance this is happening. We all know AJ works in the dark. None of his moves are ever telegraphed like this. There are no leaks in the front office.
Not to mention he’s not a RHH which is what the team has been focusing on with the amount of lefties we already have and the need to hit lefties better. Just doesn’t make sense.
Duran is not going to fix this team.. I hope he doesn’t end up on our roster if we lose pieces like de vries, Salas or king
We must collectively pray that we don’t overpay for Duran…
This article tells me that AJ is about to get Duran for basement prospects, or we don’t want Duran at all and are going after someone else.
Not a chance any of these details came out of our office
AJ is definitely gonna overpay for this dude and we’ll be stuck with Martin fucking Maldonado all season.
Consensus says? Bullshit Poop report.
Zero chance that would happen.
This is legit hilarious.
Boston gets a young controllable SP, third team gets two of mlb’s top prospects, the Padres get…..Jaren Duran?
No thanks.
NO, NOT DE VRIES
King and Leo? Nah man I wouldn’t take that, I mean Cease might be pretty reasonable but he’s the only one. The other 3 mentioned aren’t. No deal
People seem to keep forgetting that they can do multi-team deals. They have pitching depth at the big league level that they could trade for a few farm pieces that could be added to a trade with Boston. IMO, if Duran happens, it will probably require another team who needs MLB P talent (which the Padres have), and also has the prospects that Boston wants (plus probably one of our big farm pieces).
Just get Luis Robert jr. he’s a RHH that would be much cheaper and has more potential than Duran
Leo is off the table. Untouchable
Morejon and Estrada mentioned? Please no. I’d prefer to have Cease and Suarez moved before those two.
Non story
Industry Source: Some dudes asshole apparently. This is nonsense.
Duran for Cease
Might as well throw in tatis and machado with how unrealistic this trade is.
we need to pursure luis robert not duran. duran is an emotional rollercoaster, not good for the clubhouse. luis robert might just need a change of scenary to blossom and fulfill his potential. either way he is a better defender and can steal as many bases with just as much power as well, and should not cost our top 2 prospects or a starter. just give them 4 of our top 40 prospects and call it a day.