Just five days ago, one of the hottest rumors making the rounds involved the Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox having discussions involving Astros 3B Isaac Paredes and Red Sox OF Jarren Duran.<\/p>\n
As typical to baseball offseason talks, however, that could all be a thing of the past just as fast as it was the hot rumor.<\/p>\n
In her article today at The Athletic, Red Sox reporter Jen McCaffrey laid out a different path forward for the Red Sox this offseason:<\/p>\n
Though Breslow wouldn\u2019t commit to (Marcelo) Mayer at second or third base, a source with the team recently noted a preference for Mayer at third. After Bregman\u2019s injury last season, Mayer played well at the position, but there\u2019s also an idea of keeping him on the same side of the field as his natural shortstop position. He\u2019s likely the heir to the shortstop spot after Story\u2019s contract is up following the 2027 season.<\/p>\n
With that in mind, it appears the Red Sox are seeking a strong defensive second baseman.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s really important that we improve our defense, particularly our infield defense,\u201d Breslow said. \u201cAny additions that we may make, we\u2019ll be very mindful of the defensive skillset.\u201d<\/p>\n
That would seem to rule out Houston\u2019s Isaac Paredes, who has struggled defensively at third base.<\/p>\n
You can see the whole article here (subscription required):<\/p>\n
While this doesn\u2019t mean a deal between the two teams doesn\u2019t eventually happen anyway, as trade talks ebb and flow all offseason and pivots\/re-pivots happen all the time, it does change the outlook and perception of a deal that could possibly involve Isaac Paredes and the Red Sox to a less likely scenario.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just five days ago, one of the hottest rumors making the rounds involved the Houston Astros and Boston…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":532809,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2389],"tags":[42,61378,5,139,54,65265,4522,36802,3211,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-532808","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston-astros","8":"tag-astros","9":"tag-astros-hot-stove","10":"tag-baseball","11":"tag-houston","12":"tag-houston-astros","13":"tag-houston-astros-discussion","14":"tag-houston-astros-news","15":"tag-houston-astros-rumors","16":"tag-houstonastros","17":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115939631806160352","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532808","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=532808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/532809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}