Red Sox Loosely Linked To Dodgers With Trade Involving All-Star Outfielder

Boston could use some high-end pitching prospects

Scott Neville | Jul 27, 2023

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The Boston Red Sox have started to get active in the trade market and are expected to continue exploring all options as the trade deadline nears.

While Boston is deemed a buyer at the deadline, they are willing to ship off players for the right price. Should they deem an outfielder whose name has been heavily featured in trade rumors as expendable, they could pull the trigger.

That player is outfielder Adam Duvall, who might be the lone Red Sox player in jeopardy of being traded away.

"The Red Sox still have to decide whether they want to buy or sell. Either way, Duvall could be part of a trade," The Athletic Staff posted Tuesday. "The outfielder has a 119 OPS+ this season, but he’d be easy to deal as an impending free agent. Teams such as the (Los Angeles) Dodgers could be craving an outfield bat, and Duvall is among the best on the market."

Duvall is hitting .259 with 21 extra-base hits including eight home runs, 28 RBIs and a .852 OPS in 41 games this season.

The consensus has been that the Red Sox would be willing to move him if they could improve their pitching staff in return. While that may be the priority, I wonder if the Dodgers could use their farm system to sway Boston.

The Red Sox have very little depth in the present or future in regard to the pitching staff. Of the Dodgers' top 30 prospects, 12 of them are pitchers according to MLB Pipeline. Boston could use one or two to bolster their depth and raise their ceiling for years to come. It's also worth noting that most of those pitchers are in the upper levels of the minors, so they could help sooner rather than later.

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Published Jul 27, 2023

SCOTT NEVILLE

Scott Neville covers the Boston Red Sox for Sports Illustrated's new page "Inside The Red Sox." Before starting "Inside The Red Sox", Neville attended Merrimack College, where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and Media with a minor in Marketing. Neville spent all four years with Merrimack's radio station WMCK, where he grew as a radio/podcast host and producer. His propensity for being in front of a microphone eventually expanded to film, where he produced multiple short films alongside his then-roommate and current co-worker Stephen Mottram. On a journey that began as a way to receive easy credits via film classes, he received a call from "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" star Charlie Day. Day advised him to make a feature-length film, which he completed his senior year. While writing the film, Neville completed an internship for United Way as part of their NFL Partnership Program. Neville ran the blog for a team of interns and hosted an internet show called "United Way's NFL Partnership Series" where he interviewed NFL alumni. After college Neville wrote for SB Nation's "Over The Monster," a Red Sox sister site of the flagship brand. His work would eventually lead him to a job as a content producer with NESN, where he would cover all sports. After developing as a writer with the top regional network in the world, he was given the opportunity to join the Sports Illustrated Media Group in his current endeavor as the publisher of "Inside The Red Sox." The successful launch and quick rise of "Inside The Red Sox" led to Neville joining the Baseball Essential ownership group, a national baseball site under SIMG. Follow him on Twitter: @ScottNeville46 Email: nevilles@merrimack.edu