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The Boston Red Sox lost out in the pursuit of another free agent on Tuesday, after coming up short in their attempt to\u00a0sign Juan Soto two days earlier. Free agent pitcher Max Fried, a top Boston target, agreed to an eight-year, $218 million deal with the Red Sox arch-rival New York Yankees,\u00a0ESPN\u2019s Jeff Passan reported.<\/p>\n
But according to a\u00a0later report by Red Sox beat\u00a0writers Sean McAdam and Chris Cotillo, Boston\u2019s top brass may have preferred another free agent target anyway, and they are now reportedly \u201creadying an offer\u201d for the ace, a former National League Cy Young Award winner, who would immediately anchor the Red Sox starting rotation.<\/p>\n
Price for Corbin Burnes Expected to Approach $300 Million<\/h2>\n
The price for 30-year-old former Baltimore Orioles and Milwaukee Brewers righty Corbin Burnes has almost certainly gone up after the Fried signing. Previous estimates saw Burnes seeking a $200 million contract, but according to\u00a0ESPN baseball analyst Jesse Rogers, the price tag to bring Burnes to Fenway Park \u2014 or anywhere he signs \u2014 \u201cwill likely come at a cost closer to $300 million than $200 million. Fried\u2019s deal for $218 million for eight years sets the bar for Burnes who should blow by that number.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rogers also mentions that the San Francisco Giants are still considered to have the upper hand in the race to sign Burnes, who reportedly prefers to live and play baseball on the west coast.\u00a0But as Nat Gordon, host\u00a0of the Red Sox-centric\u00a0Play Tessie<\/em> podcast, put it, to beat the Giants in this contest, \u201cthe Red Sox have got to get uncomfortable here. It\u2019s going to be painful. But who better than a guy with five straight top-8 Cy Young finishes to get uncomfortable for?\u201d<\/p>\nBurnes has not only finished\u00a0high in the Cy Young voting\u00a0for the last five seasons, he won the award in 2021 when he went 11-5 with a league-leading 2.43 ERA for the Brewers.<\/p>\n
Also on Tuesday, MLB insider and Spanish language broadcaster Mike Rodriguez\u00a0posted on his X (formerly Twitter) account that his sources have told him that the Red Sox and Burnes are \u201cvery close to reaching an agreement, but the negotiation is very advanced.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rodriguez also reported that he\u2019s been told signing Burnes is the Red Sox\u2019 \u201cnumber one priority.\u201d But according to the Cotillo and McAdam report, the Red Sox must fend off competition from not only the Giants but the Toronto Blue Jays and even some \u201cother clubs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Breslow: Red Sox must be willing to get \u2018uncomfortable\u2019<\/h2>\n
Boston Chief of Baseball Operations Craig Breslow did not comment directly on the pursuit of Burnes, but he acknowledged \u2014 according to Cotillo and McAdam \u2014 that starting pitching is at the top of the Red Sox priority list and that they were actively bidding against the Yankees for Fried.<\/p>\n
\u201cCan\u2019t get into specifics but given our needs and what we intend to address this offseason, it\u2019s safe to say we were, we are and we intend to remain on top rotation options,\u201d Breslow told the two reporters, who quoted him in their\u00a0MassLive<\/em> report.<\/p>\nBreslow also stated that to land the top-of-the-rotation starting pitcher that they need, the club would need to get \u201cuncomfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe recognize that as we\u2019re willing to improve our team, this can\u2019t be about doing what feels perfectly comfortable,\u201d Breslow said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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