{"id":562341,"date":"2026-02-09T13:46:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T13:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/562341\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T13:46:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T13:46:15","slug":"red-sox-reportedly-have-new-infielder-trade-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/562341\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox Reportedly Have New Infielder Trade Target"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new day brings with it a new name on the radar of the Boston Red Sox as chief baseball Craig Breslow<\/a> seeks a slugging infielder with spring training on the horizon.<\/p>\n

\u201cMultiple industry sources identified Brewers infielder Caleb Durbin<\/a> as a potential Sox target,\u201d the Boston Globe\u2019s Alex Speier<\/a> reports. \u201cThe 25-year-old finished third in NL Rookie of the Year voting<\/a> after hitting .256\/.334\/.387 with 11 homers, 18 steals, and solid defense at third (along with cameos at short and second).<\/p>\n

However Durbin isn\u2019t the only Rookie of the Year finalist catching Breslow\u2019s eye. He remains connected to the Chicago Cubs\u2019 Matt Shaw<\/a>, who finished ninth for National League Rookie of the Year, according to Speier.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Sox continue to explore trades with the Cubs about both Nico Hoerner<\/a> and Massachusetts native Matt Shaw. Chicago is weighing whether to deal one of those players given a potential packed infield following the signing of (Alex) Bregman<\/a>, or keeping both and making Shaw a super-utility option,\u201d Speier notes.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccording to one source, the Sox are among the two or three most serious suitors for a Chicago infielder,\u201d Speier adds.<\/p>\n

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\u201cShaw comes with six full seasons of team control, while Hoerner is eligible for free agency after 2026,\u201d according to Speier. \u201cBut the Cubs could alter that short-term\/long-term contrast by exploring an extension with Hoerner, who is valued in Chicago for both his on- and off-field contributions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ideal acquisition would be a right-handed infielder who plays sharp defense and actually adds to the lineup,\u201d the Boston Globe\u2019s Tim Healey<\/a> reports. \u201cThat type of player may well be a unicorn at this point in the offseason. The Cubs\u2019 Nico Hoerner (strong defensively but an average track record at the plate) and Astros\u2019 Isaac Paredes<\/a> (a Fenway-friendly bat who doesn\u2019t rate well defensively) are among the imperfect and probably expensive-in-a-trade candidates available to the Red Sox.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Athletic\u2019s Ken Rosenthal and Chandler Rome<\/a> report the Red Sox-Astros trade rumors are legit.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn another sign that the Houston Astros are trying to lessen their infield surplus, the team had serious discussions about a three-way trade in which they would have sent Isaac Paredes to Boston and acquired utilityman Brendan Donovan<\/a>,\u201d the pair reports.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cDonovan ultimately went from the St. Louis Cardinals to the Astros\u2019 American League West rivals, the Seattle Mariners. The Red Sox, too, were shut out. Not only did they fail to land Paredes in the three-team deal, but a parallel attempt to acquire Donovan also sputtered, people familiar with the conversations said,\u201d Rosenthal and Rome add.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoston remains one of at least five teams engaged with the Astros about Paredes, according to multiple league sources,\u201d the duo note. \u201cAnother is the Pittsburgh Pirates, who need an upgrade at third base and tried unsuccessfully to sign free-agent Eugenio Su\u00e1rez<\/a> before his agreement with the Cincinnati Reds.\u201d<\/p>\n

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One thing is certain: time is running out for Breslow to make a deal with Red Sox pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training<\/a> this week in Fort Myers, Fla.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new day brings with it a new name on the radar of the Boston Red Sox as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":562342,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2399],"tags":[5,138,24,4245,6930,161,4,3411,58579],"class_list":["post-562341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago-cubs","tag-baseball","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-cubs","tag-chicagocubs","tag-craig-breslow","tag-cubs","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-rumors","tag-red-sox-spring-training"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116040983258679902","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562341","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=562341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/562342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}