{"id":20095,"date":"2025-01-18T02:53:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T02:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=20095"},"modified":"2025-01-18T02:53:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T02:53:04","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%a8-breaking-news-red-sox-set-to-land-108-million-ace-in-blockbuster-offseason-trade-%f0%9f%98%b1%e2%9a%be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=20095","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING NEWS! 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Cease is on an expiring contract, but Spotrac\u00a0<a class=\"multivariate\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/mlb\/player\/market-value\/_\/id\/28208\/dylan-cease\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">projects him to sign for $108 million<\/a>\u00a0next offseason.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"imageBox\">\n<div class=\"innerBox ar23-innerBox\"><picture class=\"mapping-embed\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2567464\/boston-red-sox-logo.webp?w=790&amp;f=e1996a47ab7ae00fd5f4094da1b60c17 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2567464\/boston-red-sox-logo.jpg?w=790&amp;f=e1996a47ab7ae00fd5f4094da1b60c17 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2567464\/boston-red-sox-logo.webp?w=900&amp;f=3d56c1d62e6bc35622329c25834927fe 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2567464\/boston-red-sox-logo.jpg?w=900&amp;f=3d56c1d62e6bc35622329c25834927fe 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2567464\/boston-red-sox-logo.webp?w=790&amp;f=e1996a47ab7ae00fd5f4094da1b60c17 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2567464\/boston-red-sox-logo.jpg?w=790&amp;f=e1996a47ab7ae00fd5f4094da1b60c17 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2567464\/boston-red-sox-logo.webp?w=450&amp;f=e1268c070bbc82cb92c4f2e447ac2d8c 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2567464\/boston-red-sox-logo.jpg?w=450&amp;f=e1268c070bbc82cb92c4f2e447ac2d8c 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2567464\/boston-red-sox-logo.webp?w=1200&amp;f=81134391d2a8f5462e6b71b265b5cd7d\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i2567464\" class=\"mapping-embed imgPhoto\" src=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2567464\/boston-red-sox-logo.jpg?w=1200&amp;f=81134391d2a8f5462e6b71b265b5cd7d\" alt=\"Boston Red Sox logo\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"caption ar23-caption\"><span id=\"short-cap-description\" class=\"cap\">BOSTON, MA &#8211; SEPTEMBER 14: The Boston Red Sox logo is seen on a helmet in the dugout during the eighth inning of game two of a doubleheader against the New York Yankees at Fenway&#8230;<\/span>\u00a0<button id=\"read-more-cap\">More<\/button>\u00a0<span class=\"credit ar23-credit\">Winslow Townson\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s still room for the Red Sox to improve, though, especially with the Yankees operating so aggressively in free agency,&#8221; Kline wrote. &#8220;The AL East is wide-open after Juan Soto&#8217;s departure, but the Red Sox have perhaps the most ground to make up. The return of Lucas Giolito in 2025 will help, but Cease would take the Red Sox&#8217;s rotation to the next level.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All of a sudden, Boston has two potential Cy Young candidates to lead the way \u2014 and two of\u00a0<a class=\"multivariate\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sports\/mlb\" data-sys=\"1\">MLB<\/a>&#8216;s most dominant arms. Both Cease and Crochet pack a major punch in the strikeout department. Whereas Crochet has some real durability concerns, Cease is among the most dependable workhorses in baseball.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If any team in baseball has the pieces to comfortably swing a trade for Cease, it&#8217;s the Red Sox.<\/p>\n<p>Boston has one of the best farm systems in the game as well as a lot of expendable talent at the big league level. The Red Sox haven&#8217;t spent much money, so it wouldn&#8217;t be a shock to see them sign a player like Anthony Santander or Alex Bregman this winter.<\/p>\n<p>Acquiring Cease would be the icing on the cake. The Red Sox have the money to successfully extend him if all things go well, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Red Sox have put together quite an exciting postseason, though they don&#8217;t have as much to show for it as they should. The Red Sox&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","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\udea8 BREAKING NEWS! 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