The Boston Red Sox are one of the last teams to make any meaningful moves this offseason, and their time is running out to correct that. However, there may be a blockbuster trade at their fingertips if they think it’s good enough.
WEEI’s Play Tessie co-host Nat Gordon proposed the Sox make a three-team deal, including the Sox, the Kansas City Royals, and the Washington Nationals, to get their No. 2 pitcher they desperately need. Out of that, the Sox would receive Royals All-Star ace Cole Ragans.
The trade would look like this:
Red Sox get: RHP Cole Ragans
Royals get: OF Jarren Duran, LHP MacKenzie Gore
Nationals get: LHP Payton Tolle, SS Franklin Arias
This past season, Ragans dealt with injury and only pitched in 13 games, where he posted a 3-3 record, a 4.67 ERA, 98 Ks, and a WHIP of 1.184; to be fair to him, his ERA was high due to the defense behind him, as he had a FIP of 2.50.
However, if the Sox look at his healthy Cy Young candidate year in 2024, he was much better. He posted an 11-9 record, a 3.14 ERA, 223 Ks, and a WHIP of 1.143 along with a FIP of 2.99.
This trade seems good, but it also seems like the Sox give up the most to make it happen. If they can find a way to make it more evenly split between the teams involved, they should definitely try to make it happen.
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