{"id":2891,"date":"2024-11-21T02:35:37","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T02:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=2891"},"modified":"2024-11-21T02:35:37","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T02:35:37","slug":"breaking-red-sox-to-cut-ties-with-5-year-starter-after-shocking-21-million-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=2891","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Red Sox to Cut Ties With 5-Year Starter After \u2018Shocking\u2019 $21 Million Move"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2168643788-e1732078644348.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2168643788-e1732078644348.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2168643788-e1732078644348.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2168643788-e1732078644348.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Red Sox starter Nick Pivetta\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-img-load-time=\"256\" data-dom-ready-time=\"394\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Red Sox starter Nick Pivetta<\/p>\n<p>In the end,\u00a0Red Sox\u00a0CBO Craig Breslow was right. He took a gamble on extending a one-year, $21 million qualifying offer to inconsistent starting pitcher Nick Pivetta, betting that the market for Pivetta was robust enough for the longtime Boston righty to turn the offer down.<\/p>\n<p>It was a risk\u2013Pivetta had the choice of simply taking the offer and guaranteeing himself a sizable 2025 payday, allowing himself to hit the free-agent market again next winter.<\/p>\n<p>At the time the Red Sox made the offer, MassLive\u00a0beat writer Chris Cotillo said on \u201cThe Fenway Rundown\u201d podcast, \u201cThe big news is a development I would describe as shocking. \u2026 Nick Pivetta gets the qualifying offer from the Red Sox. That was interesting just because it wasn\u2019t, as the kids say, on the bingo card.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Breslow knew there was likely a multi-year market for a pitcher of Pivetta\u2019s talent, and he knew that if Pivetta turned down the Red Sox\u2019s QO, the team would be in line for a late second-round pick as compensation in next year\u2019s draft.<\/p>\n<h2>Red Sox\u2019s Nick Pivetta Makes it Official<\/h2>\n<p>On Tuesday, the MLB deadline for qualifying offer decisions, Pivetta informed the Red Sox that, after five seasons and a\u00a037-41 record\u00a0with a 4.29 ERA, he would be hitting the open market. That likely means the Red Sox are moving on from the 31-year-old as they look for better options in free agency.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report\u00a0from ESPN\u2019s Jeff Passan, the Red Sox\u2013in addition to involving themselves in the Juan Soto sweepstakes\u2013are looking to add a top-line starter to the mix, too. Passan mentioned Atlanta\u2019s Max Fried and Blake Snell of the Giants as possible Red Sox targets.<\/p>\n<p>Either would be a big boost at the top of the rotation.<\/p>\n<p>By the end of the Boston\u2019s 2024 season, it was clear they had three rotation pieces in place: Brayan Bello, Kutter Crawford and perhaps the best of the bunch, Tanner Houck. They also have last year\u2019s top pitching signing, Lucas Giolito, who injured his elbow in spring training, waiting in the wings.<\/p>\n<p>But the Red Sox need top-line talent, and they need depth. That\u2019s why they\u2019re considered among the front-runners to make a trade for coveted White Sox lefty Garrett Crochet, as well as signing the likes of Snell or Fried. Dropping those two at the top of a rotation with Bello, Crawford and Houck (who would likely be dealt to Chicago as part of a Crochet trade) would give the Red Sox a big arms race lead.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a longshot that they get both. But the impending departure of Pivetta, at least, creates room for them to chase the big names.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Red Sox starter Nick Pivetta In the end,\u00a0Red Sox\u00a0CBO Craig Breslow was right. 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