{"id":532975,"date":"2026-01-22T18:04:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T18:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/532975\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T18:04:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T18:04:26","slug":"red-soxs-next-move-likely-wont-be-signing-eugenio-suarez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/532975\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox’s Next Move Likely Won’t Be Signing Eugenio Suarez"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boston Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow<\/a> isn\u2019t one to rest on his laurels. So that makes what he had to say during the press conference<\/a> to introduce newly-signed pitcher Ranger Suarez<\/a> so interesting.<\/p>\n

Masslive.com\u2019s Christopher Smith<\/a> reported \u201cThe Red Sox are still looking to add an infielder. How much of a priority is getting one who plays plus defense, especially with the pitching staff that the front office has put together?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDefense is a significant contributor to run prevention. Right. We tend to get caught up in the pitching side of this. But there are other key components as well,\u201d Breslow said, according to Smith. <\/p>\n

\u201cDeep defense being the most obvious. And so it\u2019s really important that we improve our defense, particularly our infield defense. You know, I would argue we have the best defensive outfield in baseball, but we led the league in errors last year and, you know, our out conversion needs to be improved. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think there are some things that we\u2019ve already started to do internally to reprioritize that, but also, you know, any additions that we may make, we\u2019ll be very mindful of the. The defensive skill set,\u201d Breslow added, per Smith.<\/p>\n

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Well, we know that person won\u2019t be former Red Sox infielder Yoan Moncada<\/a>, who is returning to the Los Angeles Angels on a one-year, $4 million contract<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Could the mystery infielder be Eugenio Suarez<\/a>? He is the biggest bat still on the free-agent market after tying his career high last season with 49 home runs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Problem is, the Red Sox aren\u2019t alone in shopping for infield help.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWith (Nolan) Arenado <\/a>out of the picture, the A\u2019s currently intend to use Max Muncy<\/a> at third base, with Brett Harris <\/a>and Darell Hernaiz<\/a> also in the mix. They possibly could pursue a free agent such as Eugenio Su\u00e1rez,\u201d The Athletic\u2019s Ken Rosenthal<\/a> reported Tuesday.<\/p>\n

But wait, there\u2019s more from Rosenthal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Pirates bolstered their offense by signing free-agent first baseman Ryan O\u2019Hearn<\/a> and adding second baseman Brandon Lowe<\/a> and others in trades,\u201d Rosenthal noted. <\/p>\n

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\u201cThey still could land a free agent such as Su\u00e1rez to play third base. But Su\u00e1rez, like others the Pirates have pursued on the open market, might prefer to sign with a team more likely to contend,\u201d Rosenthal added.<\/p>\n

\u201cSu\u00e1rez is the biggest bat left on the market, and the Pirates, Tigers and Reds would all make sense as they look to add some pop to their respective lineups,\u201d MLB.com\u2019s Mark Feinsand<\/a> reports. <\/p>\n

\u201cA return to Seattle would also be a natural fit for Su\u00e1rez, though the team that could now make a push for him is the Red Sox, who lost Alex Bregman<\/a> and missed out on Bo Bichette<\/a>, leaving a hole in the infield. Su\u00e1rez could play third base, shifting Marcelo Mayer<\/a> back to second base,\u201d Feinsand adds.<\/p>\n

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However any team signing the 34-year-old Suarez knows he has holes in his game. The two-time All-Star hit just .228 last season with 196 strikeouts, so he\u2019s not exactly the ideal candidate.<\/p>\n

In addition, Suarez isn\u2019t exactly the game\u2019s best fielder at the hot corner. He led the majors in errors at third base in 2016, committing 23 for the Cincinnati Reds. Suarez led the National League in errors at third base again in 2018 (19) and 2019 (17).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Will Suarez\u2019s power potential be enough for Breslow to overlook the fielding deficiencies? Or will the Red Sox look elsewhere, perhaps to the St. Louis Cardinals for All-Star infielder Brendan Donovan<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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We should have our answer within a matter of weeks, with pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training on Feb. 10.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Boston Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow isn\u2019t one to rest on his laurels. So that makes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224616,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2400],"tags":[5,535,50,4259,6930,4,90,536],"class_list":{"0":"post-532975","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cincinnati-reds","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-cincinnati","10":"tag-cincinnati-reds","11":"tag-cincinnatireds","12":"tag-craig-breslow","13":"tag-mlb","14":"tag-ranger-suarez","15":"tag-reds"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115940076086250435","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532975","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=532975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}