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Boston Red Sox players that could be expendable in a trade

By Rick McNair

Oct 10, 2016; Boston, MA, USA; Boston Red Sox right fielder Mookie Betts (50) rounds third base to score a run in the eighth inning against the Cleveland Indians during game three of the 2016 ALDS playoff baseball series at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 10, 2016; Boston, MA, USA; Boston Red Sox right fielder Mookie Betts (50) rounds third base to score a run in the eighth inning against the Cleveland Indians during game three of the 2016 ALDS playoff baseball series at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports /
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The Boston Red Sox will make trades since they usually do. Just what players are expendable? Here are a few with why they may or may not go.

Apr 13, 2016; Boston, MA, USA; Boston Red Sox center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. (25) touches second base on his way to third for a triple during the fourth inning against the Baltimore Orioles at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 13, 2016; Boston, MA, USA; Boston Red Sox center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. (25) touches second base on his way to third for a triple during the fourth inning against the Baltimore Orioles at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports /

The Boston Red Sox are no different than the other 29 accomplices that comprise Major League Baseball in that they have a list of expendable players. By expendable one must add a qualifier as there are certainly different levels, since a Fernando Abad is not considered in the same category as a David Price.

The fact is every single player is expendable for the right offer as I could go all “Godfather” with a “deal he couldn’t refuse,” but it is valid. No one with a hint of sanity would trade Mookie Betts. Never! What if the Angels offered Mike Trout or the Dodgers Clayton Kershaw? Suddenly that changes.

Baseball has a long tradition of the aptly termed “Blockbuster” trade. Rocky Colavito for Harvey Kuenn – a home run champion for a batting champion. You could look at Rogers Hornsby for Frankie Frisch or even the possibility that Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio also swapped uniforms.

I recently wrote about the possibility of trading a Jackie Bradley. This is pure hot stove where baseball enthusiasts routinely devise trades that are sometimes exotic and other times delusional and – hopefully – occasionally realistic. A trade – a great trade – is when both teams receive value and value that addresses a weakness. Not a who won or who lost, but one where both parties leave content.

The Red Sox expendables come in all forms and I will look at a few who would be of value and not just baseball flotsam. Players that could actually entice another team to make a dealing partnership. I will also rate the possibility of being traded and will judiciously avoid a speculative potential return. Let the hot stove season begin!

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