Red Sox Winter Meetings: Predictions for five biggest questions
By Tim Starr
With rumors swirling that the Red Sox would prefer to hold on to Mookie and instead cut a starter such as Price or Eovaldi, the question is if Bloom will be able to find a trade partner. Both pitchers would be tough to move as they both under-performed in 2019.
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Price pitched less than 110 innings, while Eovaldi’s ERA was nearly 6.00. The southpaw will make $96 million over the next three seasons, while the right-hander will make $51 million. It will certainly be tough to move them coming off of those statistics!
It does seem as if there are trade partners out there, though. The Rangers expressed an interest in acquiring one of the starters at the beginning of the offseason, but those talks have seemed to simmer down since. However, it does show that teams are taking a serious look at the Red Sox starters.
Teams that need a veteran starter and don’t want to give up many (or any) top-prospects in a trade might want to acquire Price. The Twins could have interest as they were in on Zack Wheeler who ended up signing with the Philadelphia Phillies. Eovaldi could garner interest in analytically savvy teams such as the Astros. They could unlock his potential as they did with Gerrit Cole when he was brought in from the Pittsburgh Pirates.