Craig Breslow and Chaim Bloom must be getting close this offseason.
The two executives already have gotten two trades done between the Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals. Could a third be on the way? It really would be a surprise. But The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal floated Nolan Arenado as an alternative if Alex Bregman leaves in free agency.
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“Finally, there is Arenado, who seemed ready to waive his no-trade clause for Boston last offseason, only to remain with the Cardinals when the Red Sox signed Bregman to his three-year, $120 million contract with an opt-out after one year,” Rosenthal wrote. “Arenado, who turns 35 in April, is in offensive decline and owed $37 million over the next two seasons. Maybe he would be energized playing at Fenway and reuniting with his old Colorado Rockies teammate Trevor Story. Or maybe he would just continue to fade.
Boston needs to get moving in free agency