{"id":73767,"date":"2023-12-22T02:25:34","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T02:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mlbhi.aweu.info\/?p=73767"},"modified":"2023-12-22T02:25:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T02:25:34","slug":"astros-ace-reportedly-on-trade-block-red-sox-listed-as-top-landing-spot-hong-nhung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/astros-ace-reportedly-on-trade-block-red-sox-listed-as-top-landing-spot-hong-nhung\/","title":{"rendered":"Astros Ace Reportedly On Trade Block; Red Sox Listed As Top Landing Spot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Would the Boston Red Sox shake up the American League by trading for the Houston Astros ace?<\/p>\n

Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow is hunting for multiple starting pitching additions and could turn to Houston to bolster his pitching staff in the form of left-hander Framber Valdez.<\/p>\n

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The Astros\u00a0are not actively looking to move their ace but reportedly would like to cut payroll and\u00a0have taken calls from more than five teams regarding the 30-year-old hurler according to USA Today’s Bob Nightengale on Sunday.<\/p>\n

If Valdez trade talks intensify, the Red Sox are\u00a0expected to be in the mix. There’s a good chance they’ve already inquired.<\/p>\n

Bleacher Report’s Zachary Rymer connected the two sides after it was revealed that Boston’s reported $300 million offer for Yoshinobu Yamamoto was inaccurate.<\/p>\n

“Though that doesn’t mean the Red Sox are out on the (Yamamoto) altogether, indications are that they’re not a favorite for him either,” Rymer wrote Wednesday. “If so, having to pivot to other potential rotation saviors may be inevitable.”<\/p>\n

Valdez posted a 3.45 ERA with a 200-to-57 strikeout-to-walk ratio, .228 batting average against and a 1.13 WHIP in 198 innings last season, finishing ninth in American League Cy Young voting.<\/p>\n

The southpaw is under team control for two more seasons, which would put the Red\u00a0 Sox in play — Breslow has essentially shut down the idea of trading for one-year rentals.<\/p>\n

It makes more sense to dive into the deep free-agent pitching market but if options thin out the Red Sox could invest in Valdez. He’d immediately become the best starter in Boston.<\/p>\n

I don’t envision this move happening but Valdez certainly is a name to keep an eye on moving forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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