This Red Sox-Padres trade would land Boston more than just Dylan Cease.
The Red Sox could be in on Dylan Cease but they should shoot for even more with a Padres trade.
For most people, the Boston Red Sox offseason grade immediately jumped from the high-C/low-B range to about an A- with the big-money free agent addition of Alex Bregman. He’s the right-handed bat destined to rake at Fenway Park they’ve been lacking, not to mention the veteran and championship-caliber leadership he brings to a youth-filled clubhouse. Now, the Red Sox look like contenders.
What came as a bit of a surprise to some fans, however, is that Craig Breslow and the Red Sox front office might not be done. Jared Carrabis of Underdog was asked about the possibility of Boston continuing their offseason aggression by trying to orchestrate a trade with the San Diego Padres for Michael King. As someone plugged-in with the Red Sox, it’s worth noting that his reply was that he thinks Boston wants to try and land the other Padres starter potentially on the move: Dylan Cease.
That’s no guarantee that the Red Sox are going to push for a Cease trade with the Padres but, after signing Bregman in addition to Walker Buehler while also trading for Garrett Crochet, you can’t count Breslow and John Henry out at this point. The farm system is still loaded with talent to make a trade for a Cy Young contender feasible.
But what if it was more than Cease, though? The Red Sox have the perfect package to potentially get even more aggressive and entice the Padres to move even more than just an ace on an expiring contract. Namely, they could also try to land Robert Suarez.
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Red Sox trade for Dylan Cease and Robert Suarez in mock blockbuster with Padres
In addition to Cease, the Padres could also send Boston the back-end bullpen arm that the front office remains in search of when it comes to the veteran Suarez. Here’s what such a trade for the Red Sox and Friars would potentially look like.
