{"id":503709,"date":"2026-01-03T05:07:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T05:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/503709\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T05:07:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T05:07:13","slug":"despite-trading-for-sonny-gray-red-sox-in-rumors-to-poach-right-hander-from-al-east-rival-blue-jays-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/503709\/","title":{"rendered":"Despite trading for Sonny Gray, Red Sox in rumors to poach right-hander from AL East rival Blue Jays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/toronto-blue-jays\/news\/despite-sonny-gray-red-sox-rumors-poach-righty-blue-jays\/ff16d1d6838b01da1dd94279?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Despite trading for Sonny Gray, Red Sox in rumors to poach right-hander from AL East rival Blue Jays;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Despite trading for Sonny Gray, Red Sox in rumors to poach right-hander from AL East rival Blue Jays<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Sporting News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Preferred Source by clicking here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/boston-red-sox\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Boston Red Sox;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Boston Red Sox<\/a> continue to be linked to starters, despite adding Sonny Gray, and with several big-name options still available, there are a few ways they can go.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>For the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/toronto-blue-jays\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Toronto Blue Jays;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Toronto Blue Jays<\/a>, that might even include them losing a fan favorite.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Bassitt looks like a starter the Blue Jays will lose, especially if teams are willing to give him a bigger role or more money.<\/p>\n<p>Rowan Kavner of FOX Sports linked the two sides, adding that Bassitt might be in the second tier, but can still help teams like Boston.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Dylan Cease, Michael King and now Imai off the board, there seems to be a relatively clear top three before a drop-off to the next tier, which includes Bassitt,\u201d Kavner wrote. \u201cThe veteran right-hander will turn 37 before the start of the 2026 season, but he\u2019s coming off an interesting year in which he registered a 3.96 ERA before emerging as a relief weapon in October for a Blue Jays team that nearly won the World Series.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>From a Toronto perspective, losing Bassitt doesn\u2019t kill them, but it wouldn\u2019t be ideal to see him in Boston.<\/p>\n<p>Bassitt has proven that, at the very least, he can make 30 starts in a season and help a rotation every five games.<\/p>\n<p>For the Red Sox, the idea is clear. Bassitt offers experience, innings, and likely a shorter-term deal compared to the aces available.<\/p>\n<p>More Blue Jays news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite trading for Sonny Gray, Red Sox in rumors to poach right-hander from AL East rival Blue Jays&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503710,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2375],"tags":[5,141,48,2542,82,76,87,4,89,2543,66814,1587,70],"class_list":{"0":"post-503709","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boston-red-sox","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-boston","10":"tag-boston-red-sox","11":"tag-bostonredsox","12":"tag-chris-bassitt","13":"tag-dylan-cease","14":"tag-michael-king","15":"tag-mlb","16":"tag-red-sox","17":"tag-redsox","18":"tag-rowan-kavner","19":"tag-sonny-gray","20":"tag-toronto-blue-jays"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115829436822120205","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}