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If Sox got a top of rotation SP, would you move Jarren Duran?
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Will Craig Breslow and the #Redsox look to improve this '25 team?
12 teams interested in Duran?! If Sox got a top of rotation SP, would you move Jarren? #MLB
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00:00
Brett, where are you this morning on your beloved Boston Red Sox?
00:05
I think potentially you could have a season.
00:10
You could have a summer where they're making a playoff push.
00:16
Oh, so you're back in.
00:17
You're back in.
00:18
Yeah, I've always been in.
00:20
I think you need to look realistically at it, right?
00:24
They cleared out Devers, and now they're starting to play good.
00:29
They have the sixth best offense in all of baseball.
00:33
They're starting to play better.
00:35
They're starting to pitch better.
00:36
I think pitching is most important to their success.
00:40
But for them to hit the playoff strike, they have 70 games left.
00:44
For them to make the playoffs, it comes down to about they need to win 40 of 70 games.
00:51
So they need to go 10 games above 500 the next 70,
00:54
which that's why this stretch that they have this week is incredibly important.
00:59
They've got to take care of business this week
01:01
and put themselves in position going into the trade deadline.
01:05
So could it be done?
01:07
Yeah, but they've kind of dug themselves a hole, right?
01:09
They're two games up.
01:10
They're two games above 500,
01:11
and they need to make some serious –
01:16
they need to make up some –
01:18
they need to dig out.
01:19
So they need to make up some of that from the first half of the season
01:24
and not playing good.
01:25
And they're still not playing great.
01:26
They're still not playing great defensively.
01:27
They're pitching.
01:28
Their bullpen's starting to wear down a little bit.
01:30
But we're all right.
01:32
We could have a season.
01:34
Brett, do you believe Craig Breslow when he says that
01:37
what he's going to do at the trade deadline is to improve this team in 2025?
01:41
And does that mean being a buyer in your mind?
01:44
Yeah, I do.
01:46
I do.
01:47
I think the one you guys were talking, Courtney,
01:49
you were talking earlier about Jaron Duran.
01:52
I think there's a path for them to do both.
01:55
I think if they make a baseball trade with Jaron Duran –
01:58
so Jaron Duran does have three years left of contract.
02:02
He's under control for three more years this year
02:05
and three more after at Cheap Money.
02:08
So when they say 12 teams are interested in Jaron Duran,
02:11
I do believe that there are 12 teams.
02:14
The problem that I see, Courtney,
02:16
is that the 12 teams that are interested in Jaron Duran
02:22
are all playoff teams,
02:23
and they're not teams that are interested in trading
02:25
one of their quality players.
02:28
Does that make sense?
02:29
So they don't want to make a baseball trade
02:30
because they're trying to make the playoffs.
02:31
They're more interested in trading prospects
02:34
where I think the Red Sox need a number two starter,
02:38
a quality back in return for Jaron Duran,
02:41
who I don't think they should trade him,
02:44
but I think if you can get a number two pitcher back for him
02:47
with control, that's fine.
02:49
But I have faith in Craig,
02:51
and I do think they're going to be a buyer.
02:53
I think he's proven that his moves in the offseason worked.
03:00
I think he's putting a pretty good team on the field.
03:03
Do you agree with that, Courtney?
03:05
Do you like Craig Breslow's moves,
03:06
or where do you stand on that?
03:08
Yeah, I overall think that Craig Breslow's taken
03:11
almost too much heat when it comes to the Red Sox.
03:13
I think that he and Sam Kennedy are the first line of defense
03:16
because the Henrys don't really speak much,
03:18
and I think that it's been unwarranted a lot of this season.
03:22
So, yeah, no, I think I like the moves that he's made.
03:24
I trust him, actually.
03:26
So you think pitching, Brett,
03:28
you want them to focus on pitching.
03:30
When it comes to a move deadline-wise,
03:33
you want them to focus on pitching.
03:35
Yeah, number two starter and a huge bullpen piece
03:38
would be the two area.
03:41
I don't think you have to worry about first base.
03:43
You kind of have those two guys platooning there.
03:45
Yeah, I think they're doing a good job.
03:47
What was it, Gonzalez last night and Toro?
03:50
They've been kind of...
03:51
Brett, would you...
03:52
So then I think that because we've had this discussion
03:54
about Jaron Duran,
03:57
I mean, I wouldn't trade him,
03:59
but he's your most valuable asset.
04:01
You have these other guys that are playing well.
04:03
Then would you wait till after the season?
04:08
Yeah, yeah.
04:09
You could do too.
04:10
I would wait till the offseason to trade him, right?
04:14
I think you're going to get more...
04:15
You're going to get more back for Jaron Duran,
04:18
I think, in the offseason,
04:19
because like I said with you,
04:20
the 12 teams that are interested in Jaron Duran right now
04:23
are trying to make the playoffs.
04:24
So it doesn't make sense for them to give you
04:26
one of their best pitchers for Jaron Duran.
04:29
But in the offseason,
04:30
now you can trade him to 30 teams, right?
04:33
So it kind of opens up the...
04:35
It opens up your possibilities,
04:36
and I think you're going to get a better return.
04:38
So I think if you're going to trade Jaron Duran,
04:41
it might be this year,
04:44
but I don't think the return is going to be as good
04:46
as if you wait until the offseason.
04:48
That's just my...
04:49
That would be my take on it.
04:50
But he is your most valuable asset,
04:52
and he does have three more years of control.
04:55
And he was a top five, top 10 MVP candidate last year.
05:00
He has regressed a little bit this year,
05:02
but he's in the prime of his career,
05:04
and he's not making a lot of money.
05:05
He's going year to year with arbitrations.
05:06
He's not making a ton of money.
05:08
But if you can get a legit, as you said,
05:10
a legit number two pitcher,
05:11
then you trade Jaron Duran all day long.
05:13
I would do that.
05:14
Yeah.
05:15
I would do that all day long, unfortunately.
05:18
Yep.
05:18
Yep.
05:18
You trade Jaron Duran,
05:19
and then I think you can move the pieces around
05:21
a little bit, Greg,
05:22
to make it work in your outfield and your lineup,
05:25
and I think you're all right.
05:27
But you need pitching.
05:28
You know, and with Bregman coming back,
05:30
Bregman coming back,
05:32
you know, the rising tide lifts all ships.
05:33
So you get Bregman back,
05:35
and that puts him at number two in the lineup,
05:37
and that's a huge right-handed at-bat for you.
05:40
Everyone else slides down,
05:41
and your offense just continues to get better.
05:43
But Bregman coming back is a really,
05:45
really valuable piece.
05:47
Baseball, Brett, great to hear your voice.
05:49
And you, like a lot of us, are back.
05:53
The Red Sox are back.
05:54
Yep.
05:54
Back, buddy.
05:54
I'm back, buddy.
05:56
I'm back.
05:56
There you go.
05:58
Get healthy, too.
05:59
It's the third time I've been back this season.
06:01
Well, you know, they'll keep you there, man.
06:03
That's the thing about it.
06:04
That's the thing about it.
06:05
They will keep you there.
06:07
All right.
06:07
All right.
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