{"id":25058,"date":"2025-02-11T02:43:23","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T02:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=25058"},"modified":"2025-02-11T02:43:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T02:43:23","slug":"steal-alert-red-sox-could-snatch-nolan-arenado-as-cardinals-face-trade-desperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=25058","title":{"rendered":"STEAL ALERT: Red Sox Could Snatch Nolan Arenado as Cardinals Face Trade Desperation!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After their pursuit of\u00a0Alex Bregman hasn’t gone as planned,<\/a>\u00a0the Boston Red Sox have reopened trade discussions with the St. Louis Cardinals to bring in a righty bat.<\/p>\n

Katie Woo of\u00a0The Athletic<\/em>\u00a0reported that\u00a0trading Nolan Arenado is a “top priority”\u00a0<\/a>for the Cardinals this offseason, and the Red Sox are one of the few teams for which he’d waive his no-trade clause. St. Louis president of baseball operations John Mozeliak said there’s no hard deadline to get Arenado traded, but if it can’t move the veteran before Cardinals players report to spring training on Feb. 17.<\/p>\n

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Some members of Boston’s front office have characterized adding a righty bat as a top priority, but the men in charge remain divided on the team’s need for another right-hander in the lineup. Chief baseball officer Craig Breslow and team owners John Henry and Tom Werner believe the Red Sox’s top prospects will bring enough pop to the lineup, but manager Alex Cora and president Sam Kennedy believe the bats could use a lift.<\/p>\n

The Sox’s indecisiveness makes the Cardinals more desperate to get rid of Arenado than they are to trade for him. That leverage could help Boston get a good deal for the veteran.<\/p>\n

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