{"id":3626,"date":"2024-11-23T02:31:50","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T02:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=3626"},"modified":"2024-11-23T02:31:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T02:31:50","slug":"breaking-red-sox-predicted-to-sign-perfect-131-million-cy-young-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=3626","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Red Sox Predicted to Sign \u2018Perfect\u2019 $131 Million Cy Young Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1426082121-e1732316483802.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" alt=\"Red Sox potential target Blake Snell\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-content entry-content\">\n<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption\">\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Red Sox potential target Blake Snell<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>While the\u00a0Red Sox\u2019s\u00a0pursuit of Juan Soto has drawn the headlines that would be expected considering the magnitude of his talent and the possibility\u2013however slim\u2013that he could buck conventional logic and map out a future at Fenway, there\u2019s nary an\u00a0MLB\u00a0observer who is taking the step of predicting Boston lands Soto.<\/p>\n<p>His reported interest in player development does give the Red Sox a glimmer of hope, as they have the ready-made prospects in the pipeline that Soto could look forward to playing alongside in, say, eight or 10 years, when the likes of the\u00a0Yankees\u2018 Aaron Judge and the\u00a0Mets\u2018 Francisco Lindor will be doddering near 40 years old.<\/p>\n<p>If Soto is truly looking at his future, Boston is an attractive landing spot. But the Red Sox are not close to competing for the World Series in the short term, and that figures to be a hindrance, as well as the fact that they probably can\u2019t offer the same money that deep-pocketed Mets owner Steve Cohen can offer.<\/p>\n<p>What the Red Sox need, first and foremost, is an ace starting pitcher. And after years of refusing to offer top-line starters lengthy contracts, it looks like Boston will change that this winter. At ESPN,\u00a0insider Jeff Passan has identified\u00a0what he calls, \u201cthe perfect fit\u201d for the Red Sox: former Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell.<\/p>\n<h2>Blake Snell One of Many Starters Eyed by Boston<\/h2>\n<p>Now, Snell is no stranger to the Red Sox rumor mill. It\u2019s likely that Boston will put in a big bid for one of the top three pitchers on the market: Snell, Corbin Burnes or Max Fried. Snell was 14-9 with a league-best 2.25 ERA in 2023, when he won the Cy Young for the Padres. He struggled to find a long-term deal last year, and wound up signing a three-year contract with an opt-out in the spring.<\/p>\n<p>Snell has opted out. And Passan, in a post titled, \u201c12 teams to watch this MLB offseason \u2014\u00a0and the perfect move for each,\u201d says he should be where the Red Sox are looking.<\/p>\n<p>Wrote Passan: \u201cWhat Boston really needs most is pitching. For all the promise that position-player prospects (bring) \u2026 the Red Sox have not developed starting pitching to match. That\u2019s where the money comes in. Even with\u00a0Lucas Giolito\u00a0expected to return from elbow surgery, they need a frontline starting pitcher to spearhead their rotation. There are plenty available. And if they choose wisely, the Red Sox have a chance to be scary sooner than later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Passan then noted the \u201cperfect transaction:\u201d \u201cSign free agent left-hander Blake Snell.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Red Sox Would Have to Spend to Pitching<\/h2>\n<p>It is worth noting that while this is speculation, Snell is a name that keeps coming up in connection to Boston. Earlier this month, in looking at the top free agents, two of the four experts at the site\u00a0MLB Trade Rumors\u00a0pegged Snell to Boston.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSnell will have no shortage of big-money and\/or clean-payroll teams pursuing him. The Mets, Red Sox, Dodgers, Orioles, Tigers, Padres and Cubs will all be in the market for starting pitching this winter,\u201d the site wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Spotrac predicts Snell\u2019s market to yield a\u00a0five-year, $131 million contract.\u00a0ESPN\u2019s Kiley McDaniel projects a four-year, $124 million contract.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Red Sox potential target Blake Snell While the\u00a0Red Sox\u2019s\u00a0pursuit of Juan Soto has drawn the headlines that would be expected considering the magnitude of his talent and&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3626","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>BREAKING: Red Sox Predicted to Sign \u2018Perfect\u2019 $131 Million Cy Young Winner - 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