The Boston Red Sox have a decision to make.
The general consensus is that one of Jarren Duran or Wilyer Abreu is going to get shipped out in a trade. But which one of the outfielders is the guy that goes, and who gets to stay?
It's complicated.
The Red Sox are surely weighing the various offers they're getting against their own perceived value of each player.
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But there are certainly a number of things in Abreu's favor, laid out in a new article by ESPN's Jeff Passan and Kiley McDaniel:
- He is three years younger than Duran.
- He has won back-to-back Gold Gloves right field.
- He has four years of club control remaining.
That sounds like a player you'd want to keep around.
"Abreu is elite in right field, ranking second in runs saved behind Fernando Tatis Jr., and Abreu also has a plus-plus arm despite average foot speed," Passan and McDaniel write. "At the plate, he's more good than great, with a power-and-patience approach that produced 22 homers last season. He's going into his age-27 season this year, which is typically the peak age for most players."
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The ESPN insiders give Abreu a 50% chance of being traded this offseason.
Boston's outfield is crowded thanks to the for-sure starting spots for Roman Anthony and Ceddanne Rafaela. And yeah, it seems like one guy is going to get dealt.
There's just a more convincing case to keeping Abreu than many fans might initially think.
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