{"id":19817,"date":"2025-01-17T02:19:10","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T02:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19817"},"modified":"2025-01-17T02:19:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T02:19:10","slug":"%f0%9f%94%a5-breaking-red-sox-have-a-good-shot-at-landing-427-million-all-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19817","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udd25 BREAKING: Red Sox Have a \u2018GOOD SHOT\u2019 at Landing $427 MILLION All-Star!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tagStyle_1bmarg5-o_O-style_gt0nzj-o_O-sidesPadding_1kaga1a\">\n<div>Things are getting very interesting across Major League Baseball<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wrapper_e296pg\">\n<div class=\"wrapper_oenkmd\">\n<div class=\"wrapper_1vgzeyt\">\n<div class=\"style_1q03211\">\n<figure class=\"base_1ruub6q\" data-mm-type=\"image\"><picture class=\"base_1emrqjj\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"base_1emrqjj\" title=\"Apr 29, 2021; Arlington, Texas, USA; A view of the Boston Red Sox logo and a field bag during batting practice before the game between the Texas Rangers and the Boston Red Sox at Globe Life Field. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_5568,h_3132,x_0,y_374\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/inside_the_red_sox\/01jhqjyyq2be7y114djh.jpg\" alt=\"Apr 29, 2021; Arlington, Texas, USA; A view of the Boston Red Sox logo and a field bag during batting practice before the game between the Texas Rangers and the Boston Red Sox at Globe Life Field. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images\" data-uw-rm-alt-original=\"Apr 29, 2021; Arlington, Texas, USA; A view of the Boston Red Sox logo and a field bag during batting practice before the game between the Texas Rangers and the Boston Red Sox at Globe Life Field. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images\" data-uw-rm-alt=\"ALT\" \/><\/picture><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wrapper_brpv6a\">Apr 29, 2021; Arlington, Texas, USA; A view of the Boston Red Sox logo and a field bag during batting practice before the game between the Texas Rangers and the Boston Red Sox at Globe Life Field. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images \/ Jerome Miron-Imagn Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inStoryContainer_1r009zu\">\n<div class=\"wrapper_qe1qt7\">\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_4xxdrsitb\">Are the Boston Red Sox preparing to make a run at one of the best players in baseball?<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_5hj6zv5kd\">Boston tried to land Juan Soto this offseason, but things didn\u2019t work out. The young star ended up signing a historic deal with the New York Mets. Now that Soto is off the market, it sounds like the Red Sox may have at least some interest in the next superstar who could hit the open market.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_kmgke4zby\">Toronto Blue Jays superstar Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is one year away from free agency. If he doesn\u2019t sign an extension with the Blue Jays, he will be the next superstar to hit the open market. Shohei Ohtani dominated free agency last year and Soto was the big name of the offseason this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_wsfcxobsr\">Next year, it could be Guerrero and the New York Post\u2019s Jon Heyman\u00a0<a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_51v42b\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BRWalkoff\/status\/1879623594499874897\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BRWalkoff\/status\/1879623594499874897\"><u>said that the Red Sox<\/u><\/a>\u00a0could have a \u201cgood shot\u201d of landing him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_reh53s4n2\">\u201cI do think they\u2019re interested in Vlad Guerrero. That one I\u2019ll say,\u201d Heyman said. \u201cI do think that they love Vlad Guerrero over in Boston and as a free agent, if he doesn\u2019t sign with the Blue Jays, I\u2019m saying Boston might have a good shot there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_79dlvrx3g\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\">Guerrero is\u00a0<a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_51v42b\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/21295\/vladimir-guerrero-jr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/21295\/vladimir-guerrero-jr\" aria-label=\"projected to land a 12-year, $427 million deal - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\">projected to land a 12-year, $427 million deal<\/a>\u00a0if he were to hit the open market. There has been a lot of chatter recently about Boston and Guerrero. The Red Sox clearly could afford a deal like that if they were willing to go higher for Soto.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_xwphqs9g9\">This is going to be a story to follow all season if Guerrero doesn\u2019t sign an extension.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Things are getting very interesting across Major League Baseball Apr 29, 2021; Arlington, Texas, USA; A view of the Boston Red Sox logo and a field bag&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\ud83d\udd25 BREAKING: Red Sox Have a \u2018GOOD SHOT\u2019 at Landing $427 MILLION All-Star! 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