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New York Times
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- New York Times
Craig Breslow isn't shy about dealing Red Sox top prospects. Here's who may be next
MINNEAPOLIS – With a deep prospect pool and a desire to hold onto their young big-league core, the Boston Red Sox may opt to trade from their farm system this week. Chief baseball officer Craig Breslow has shown in the past he's willing to do so. On the final day of Winter Meetings, Breslow swung the Garrett Crochet trade, sending the club's two most recent first-rounders at the time in catcher Kyle Teel and outfielder Braden Montgomery, both top 100 prospects, to Chicago as part of a four-player package for Crochet. It marked a deal that's shaped their 2025 season in many ways. Advertisement That same December day, he sent one of Boston's top-20 pitching prospects, Elmer Rodriguez-Cruz, to the Yankees in exchange for catcher Carlos Narváez, who at the time was a little known rookie. Narváez has had a breakout season and become Boston's starter behind the plate. At the deadline last summer, Breslow traded multiple Rule 5 eligible players, including 2020 first-rounder infielder Nick Yorke. Even with Roman Anthony, Marcelo Mayer and Kristian Campbell graduating from prospect status, the Red Sox system is still viewed by many evaluators as one of the league's strongest. Meanwhile, Boston's trade-deadline strategy may have shifted in recent days. Though the club has a surplus of young, big-league outfielders, there's some debate whether the team is still willing to trade from that group, particularly now that infielder Mayer's wrist injury has forced outfielder Ceddanne Rafaela to second base. That has made Jarren Duran, whose name has been popular in trade rumors, even more valuable to the Red Sox, with one National League evaluator suggesting an offseason trade of Duran may be more likely. The Red Sox had been rolling with wins in three of their last four games before a walk-off, 5-4 loss to the Twins on Monday in a rain-delayed game. What they acquire at the deadline remains to be seen, but they are likely to trade from their minor-league pool between now and Thursday at 6 p.m. Here's a look at who might in the mix: Tolle, Boston's second-round pick in 2024, has emerged as the best arm in the system, and owns a 1.96 ERA in five games, four starts, since being promoted to Double A earlier this year. In High A, he had posted a 3.62 ERA across 11 starts. A big, physical lefty, Tolle is the type of pitcher the Red Sox would love to further develop and have in their rotation for years to come. But Breslow has noted the desire to make the postseason this year. If trading Tolle can help get the Red Sox a proven, big-league controllable starter, it's something they'd have to consider, but likely the only situation in which they'd consider trading him. Advertisement Likelihood: low If the Red Sox are hesitant to trade from their group of big league outfielders, Garcia has little pathway to the majors. But as the No. 46 prospect in baseball per The Athletic's Keith Law, he's likely to garner significant interest from teams. The 22-year-old has an OPS close to .900 in roughly 50 games since being promoted to Triple A. He may be Boston's biggest trade chip for any team seeking a close-to-big-league ready position player. Likelihood: high Campbell could use more of a chance to prove himself after being demoted to Triple A in June, especially after signing a team-friendly eight-year, $60 million deal this spring. The Red Sox may still give him that chance. However, it was telling that they decided not to call him back up from Triple A when Mayer went on the injury list. Campbell wouldn't be traded easily, but as part of a package to a team looking for young, big-league ready position players, Campbell could fit. Likelihood: medium Law's No. 9 overall prospect, Arias is the highest Red Sox player in his current rankings. He has immense potential but is at least two or three years away from the majors. For a rebuilding team looking to sell, Arias would be a key trade piece. The 19-year-old is hitting .280 with a .714 OPS in 81 games between Single A and High A. Again, trading him wouldn't be easy, but with Mayer expected to be the shortstop of the future, the Red Sox could use Arias now to headline a package for a controllable starter. Likelihood: medium Early is another promising young starter in the system, drafted in the fifth round in 2023. After posting a 2.51 ERA in 15 games, 12 starts, with a 32 percent strikeout rate, he was promoted to Triple A this week. If the Red Sox don't want to budge on Tolle, there's likely to be plenty of interest in Early. Likelihood: medium Similar to Early, Sandlin was promoted to Triple A this week after posting a 3.61 ERA in 17 games, 13 starts, with a 25 percent strikeout rate at Double A. The caveat here, though, is that Sandlin is Rule 5 eligible this offseason, meaning he would have to be added to the 40-man roster or be subject to the Rule 5 Draft. He's the type of pitcher the Red Sox are likely to add to the roster for pitching depth – if they don't trade him this week. Advertisement Likelihood: medium Though the Red Sox have needed first base help much of the season since Triston Casas' injury, they've yet to promote Jordan, which suggests trading him is on the table. That's especially the case since he's Rule 5 eligible this winter. Jordan is known for his raw power, but his offense dropped off a bit when promoted to Triple A earlier this year. He had posted a .928 OPS in 44 games in Double A but has an .808 OPS through 43 games in a very hitter friendly Polar Park at Triple A. Likelihood: high As a Rule 5 eligible outfielder, Bleis also seems likely to be traded. Injuries have interrupted his career at multiple points, but he once was a top 5 player in the system. He's still just 21 and in High A, but could be part of a big package for a team looking to take a flier on a player with equal parts risk and potential. Likelihood: high (Top photo of Kristian Campbell: Eric Canha /Imagn Images)
New York Times
3 days ago
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- New York Times
Red Sox beat Dodgers, hope to convince front office to add at trade deadline
BOSTON — With five days until the trade deadline, the Boston Red Sox remain in a familiar position as in recent years, sitting in contention for a wild-card spot, hoping the team adds instead of remaining idle. Chief baseball officer Craig Breslow vowed in mid-June after the Rafael Devers trade that he would still bolster the team at the deadline. Now it's crunch time, and despite a 2-5 record with a tough schedule coming out of the All-Star break, another commanding win Saturday gave Breslow more reason to fortify the club. Advertisement Garrett Crochet held the Los Angeles Dodgers to two solo homers and struck out 10 while Boston's offense knocked Clayton Kershaw out in the fifth inning on rookie Roman Anthony's RBI double in a come-from-behind 4-2 win over the National League West division leaders. 'These are teams you've got to beat to show what you're going to be the rest of the year,' said Jarren Duran, who had a 3-for-4 night with two triples. 'I think it's awesome to face these really good teams, because you want to see what you're made of.' Though the Red Sox need to add to the rotation behind their ace Crochet, he agreed it's important for the team to show what it can do. 'Right now, we're in a position where, 'Let's play as well as we can up to that point, but we're not going to stop there, regardless of what we do at the deadline,' he said. 'It's not going to change the mentality of the guys in the clubhouse.' The past few seasons, Red Sox teams have shown potential only to stall after the break with few reliable additions. There's belief among the current group in their ability, but also the reality of what a few extra players could mean for the stretch run. 'I think naturally, you see we're holding a wild-card spot, and we know how good that we've played,' shortstop Trevor Story said. 'It gives us reason to believe we're going to make some nice moves and just bolster our team a little bit.' Jarren's first career 2-triple game! ⚡️ — Red Sox (@RedSox) July 27, 2025 Against the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies and the Dodgers, the Red Sox have tallied just three wins but have not been blown out, outscored 25-33 while playing competitive baseball in a tough stretch. 'You look at the Philly series and obviously, they're a great team with a great staff, that's the type of pitching we're gonna be facing when it comes to playing the playoffs,' Story said. 'When we're down 5-0 facing a sweep against a really good team, to come back and show our toughness there, I think goes a long way.' Advertisement Losses are losses, but there's parity in the American League. The Red Sox have not gained any ground in the standings since the break, but they also haven't lost any, either, remaining in the exact spot as they entered the break, holding on to the second wild-card spot. Meanwhile, the Detroit Tigers are spiraling, losing 11 of 12 games, and the New York Yankees lost Aaron Judge to the injured list Saturday, making the AL seemingly more open. The Tampa Bay Rays are 6-14 in July, and The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal noted Saturday that the Rays might be willing to trade first baseman/designated hitter Yandy Diaz. As Rosenthal noted, the veteran right-handed hitter would be a strong fit for the Red Sox, who, while prioritizing pitching, could use another bat after infielder Marcelo Mayer's injury. Romy Gonzalez and Abraham Toro have filled in well at first in Triston Casas' absence, but adding a power right-handed bat (Diaz has 17 homers) at first would strengthen the club. With Mayer out, Gonzalez is likely to see more time at second base alongside Ceddanne Rafaela. The Red Sox know they need to keep playing better baseball and are convinced their team can compete, but even the mental energy of the front office investing in the team at the deadline can boost a club. Cora didn't mince words before the break when noting the disappointment of recent years. 'When teams add and you stay put, other teams get better,' Cora said. 'It's not that you got worse. It's just that other teams took a step forward, and we haven't done that in a few years here.' Saturday, Cora was diplomatic, saying that all 30, if asked, would say they want to add at the deadline. The Red Sox are trying to prove they can make a push. 'I think we can get it done with the group that we have here, but it takes a lot of depth and it takes experience,' Story said. 'We have a little bit of that. We have some youth, too. I think if you ask anybody, we expect some moves to happen. What they are? I don't know. But reinforcements for sure, just to bolster us for a deep run.' (Photo of Alex Cora and Jarren Duran: Winslow Townson / Getty Images)
CBS News
3 days ago
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- CBS News
Crochet shakes off Ohtani's leadoff homer and outpitches Kershaw as Red Sox top Dodgers 4-2
By KEN POWTAK Associated Press Garrett Crochet struck out 10 in six innings, Jarren Duran hit a two-run triple and the Boston Red Sox beat Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-2 on Saturday night. Boston rookie Roman Anthony added an RBI double off Kershaw as the Red Sox won for the third time in eight games since the All-Star break. Boston won 10 in a row heading into the break. Crochet gave up two solo homers in the first. Shohei Ohtani went deep on the third pitch of the game for his 38th of the season, a day after his streak of five straight games with a home run was stopped. One batter later, Teoscar Hernández launched one over the Green Monster. Crochet (12-4) quickly recovered, however, and allowed two runs or fewer for the 18th time in 22 starts this season. Aroldis Chapman got three outs for his 18th save, striking out pinch-hitter and former Red Sox star Mookie Betts to end it. Making his first regular-season start at Fenway Park, Kershaw (4-2) gave up four runs and six hits in 4 2/3 innings with two strikeouts. The three-time Cy Young Award winner's only previous start in Boston came when the Red Sox beat the Dodgers in Game 1 of the 2018 World Series on the way to winning the title. With the Red Sox trailing 2-0 in the second, Duran drove a pitch over center fielder Andy Pages' head to the wall for a two-run triple and then scored on Abraham Toro's sacrifice fly. Duran had his first career game with two triples. The previous Red Sox player to do that was Betts during his 2018 AL MVP season. RHP Dustin May (6-6, 4.73 ERA) starts Sunday for the Dodgers in the series finale. Boston RHP Walker Buehler (6-6, 5.72) faces his former team.
Al Arabiya
3 days ago
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- Al Arabiya
Crochet shakes off Ohtani's leadoff homer and outpitches kershaw as red sox top dodgers 4-2
Garrett Crochet struck out 10 in six innings, Jarren Duran hit a two-run triple, and the Boston Red Sox beat Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-2 on Saturday night. Boston rookie Roman Anthony added an RBI double off Kershaw as the Red Sox won for the third time in eight games since the All-Star break. Boston won 10 in a row heading into the break. Crochet gave up two solo homers in the first. Shohei Ohtani went deep on the third pitch of the game for his 38th of the season a day after his streak of five straight games with a home run was stopped. One batter later, Teoscar Hernández launched one over the Green Monster. Crochet (12-4) quickly recovered however and allowed two runs or fewer for the 18th time in 22 starts this season. Aroldis Chapman got three outs for his 18th save, striking out pinch-hitter and former Red Sox star Mookie Betts to end it. Making his first regular-season start at Fenway Park, Kershaw (4-2) gave up four runs and six hits in 4 2/3 innings with two strikeouts. The three-time Cy Young Award winners only previous start in Boston came when the Red Sox beat the Dodgers in Game 1 of the 2018 World Series on the way to winning the title. Key moment: With the Red Sox trailing 2-0 in the second, Duran drove a pitch over center fielder Andy Pages' head to the wall for a two-run triple and then scored on Abraham Toro's sacrifice fly. Key stat: Duran had his first career game with two triples. The previous Red Sox player to do that was Betts during his 2018 AL MVP season. Up next: RHP Dustin May (6-6, 4.73 ERA) starts Sunday for the Dodgers in the series finale. Boston RHP Walker Buehler (6-6, 5.72) faces his former team.
Yahoo
3 days ago
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- Yahoo
Clayton Kershaw can't match Garrett Crochet's consistency in Dodgers' loss to Red Sox
Garrett Crochet got out of his jams on Saturday night. Clayton Kershaw failed to do the same. In the Dodgers' 4-2 loss to the Boston Red Sox, that was the difference — with Crochet, an in-his-prime Cy Young candidate with a heavy fastball and premium all-around stuff, frustrating the Dodgers by stranding baserunners and working out of trouble; and Kershaw, an aging left-hander who battled command in the early going, too often failing to escape danger unscathed. Making his first career regular-season start at Fenway Park (he had only previously pitched here in the 2018 World Series), Kershaw appeared to be battling his mechanics from the start. He delivered a first-pitch strike to only five of his first 14 batters. Even worse, he couldn't put guys away when he got to two-strike counts. Read more: Shaikin: Home again? Why Kenley Jansen could be a good trade match for Dodgers It culminated in a three-run second inning from the Red Sox (56-50), after Trevor Story worked a leadoff walk, Carlos Narváez belted a double off the Green Monster, and Jarren Duran laced a line drive to center that got over Andy Pages' head for a triple (Duran had another triple and a double later in the night). It led to more stress for the 37-year-old Kershaw in the third, when he yielded a pair of singles to lead off the inning before getting a double-play and fanning Story with a slider. After that, Kershaw started to settle down. He rediscovered his command, getting ahead of each of the final seven batters he faced. He found the kind of rhythm that has keyed his surprisingly strong 18th season, retiring seven consecutive batters while working into the fifth. But with two outs in that fifth inning, star Red Sox slugger Alex Bregman outlasted Kershaw in a 10-pitch at-bat, finally prevailing on a single through the infield. Then, rookie starlet Roman Anthony drove him home with a double, Bregman able to score on a bang-bang play at the plate after the ball ricocheted off the Monster and bounced past Pages in left center. Kershaw's night ended there, a 4-⅔ inning, four-run start (which tied the second most earned runs he has allowed this year) that raised his earned-run average to 3.62. And while Crochet faced similar levels of duress, he never let the Dodgers (61-44) break open an inning. The closest the Dodgers came was in the first. Shohei Ohtani started things off with a home run to deep center, his National League-leading 38th of the season and 10th to lead off a game. Teoscar Hernández followed with another solo shot two batters later, clearing the Monster in left field to continue his recent surge at the plate. After that, however, Crochet kept the Dodgers in the ballpark, and stranded each of the eight other batters who reached base. Unlike Kershaw, who failed to limit damage with his diminished velocity and inconsistent execution of breaking pitches, Crochet overpowered the Dodgers in each leverage situation, preventing any further scoring with the help of 10 strikeouts — giving him an MLB-leading 175 on the season. The Dodgers didn't help their cause along the way. After the first-inning home runs, a later first-inning rally fizzled when Freddie Freeman was thrown out trying to go from first to third base on a Pages single (the Dodgers challenged, with manager Dave Roberts applauding Freeman's aggressiveness from the dugout, but the call was upheld). The Dodgers had two other innings end with outs on the bases. Hernández was caught stealing for the final out of the fifth (on a close play that the Dodgers might have challenged had they not burned it earlier in the game). Will Smith was gunned down trying to turn a single into a double in the seventh, after Crochet's exit. But the most deflating moments came with Ohtani at the plate. In both the second and fourth, No. 9 hitter Hyeseong Kim managed to single off Crochet (surprising results given Kim's recent struggles and a seemingly poor left-on-left matchup against the Red Sox ace). But both times, Ohtani followed with inning-ending strikeouts, part of an evening that saw him go down swinging three total times. The Dodgers gave themselves one late chance against Red Sox closer Aroldis Chapman, bringing the tying run to the plate after a two-out walk in the ninth from Esteury Ruiz. Read more: With trade deadline looming, Dodgers showcase revived offense in win over Boston The batter representing that tying run: Mookie Betts, who was out of the starting lineup for a second-straight game after spending this week back home in Nashville following a death in his family. But, making just his second trip back to Fenway Park since being dealt from the Red Sox to the Dodgers in 2020, the former MVP brought a night of missed chances to a frustratingly fitting conclusion, getting rung up on a called third strike to set up a series rubber match Sunday. Sign up for more Dodgers news with Dodgers Dugout. Delivered at the start of each series. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
