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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00:00Brett, where are you this morning on your beloved Boston Red Sox?

00:05I think potentially you could have a season.

00:10You could have a summer where they're making a playoff push.

00:16Oh, so you're back in.

00:17You're back in.

00:18Yeah, I've always been in.

00:20I think you need to look realistically at it, right?

00:24They cleared out Devers, and now they're starting to play good.

00:29They have the sixth best offense in all of baseball.

00:33They're starting to play better.

00:35They're starting to pitch better.

00:36I think pitching is most important to their success.

00:40But for them to hit the playoff strike, they have 70 games left.

00:44For them to make the playoffs, it comes down to about they need to win 40 of 70 games.

00:51So they need to go 10 games above 500 the next 70,

00:54which that's why this stretch that they have this week is incredibly important.

00:59They've got to take care of business this week

01:01and put themselves in position going into the trade deadline.

01:05So could it be done?

01:07Yeah, but they've kind of dug themselves a hole, right?

01:09They're two games up.

01:10They're two games above 500,

01:11and they need to make some serious –

01:16they need to make up some –

01:18they need to dig out.

01:19So they need to make up some of that from the first half of the season

01:24and not playing good.

01:25And they're still not playing great.

01:26They're still not playing great defensively.

01:27They're pitching.

01:28Their bullpen's starting to wear down a little bit.

01:30But we're all right.

01:32We could have a season.

01:34Brett, do you believe Craig Breslow when he says that

01:37what he's going to do at the trade deadline is to improve this team in 2025?

01:41And does that mean being a buyer in your mind?

01:44Yeah, I do.

01:46I do.

01:47I think the one you guys were talking, Courtney,

01:49you were talking earlier about Jaron Duran.

01:52I think there's a path for them to do both.

01:55I think if they make a baseball trade with Jaron Duran –

01:58so Jaron Duran does have three years left of contract.

02:02He's under control for three more years this year

02:05and three more after at Cheap Money.

02:08So when they say 12 teams are interested in Jaron Duran,

02:11I do believe that there are 12 teams.

02:14The problem that I see, Courtney,

02:16is that the 12 teams that are interested in Jaron Duran

02:22are all playoff teams,

02:23and they're not teams that are interested in trading

02:25one of their quality players.

02:28Does that make sense?

02:29So they don't want to make a baseball trade

02:30because they're trying to make the playoffs.

02:31They're more interested in trading prospects

02:34where I think the Red Sox need a number two starter,

02:38a quality back in return for Jaron Duran,

02:41who I don't think they should trade him,

02:44but I think if you can get a number two pitcher back for him

02:47with control, that's fine.

02:49But I have faith in Craig,

02:51and I do think they're going to be a buyer.

02:53I think he's proven that his moves in the offseason worked.

03:00I think he's putting a pretty good team on the field.

03:03Do you agree with that, Courtney?

03:05Do you like Craig Breslow's moves,

03:06or where do you stand on that?

03:08Yeah, I overall think that Craig Breslow's taken

03:11almost too much heat when it comes to the Red Sox.

03:13I think that he and Sam Kennedy are the first line of defense

03:16because the Henrys don't really speak much,

03:18and I think that it's been unwarranted a lot of this season.

03:22So, yeah, no, I think I like the moves that he's made.

03:24I trust him, actually.

03:26So you think pitching, Brett,

03:28you want them to focus on pitching.

03:30When it comes to a move deadline-wise,

03:33you want them to focus on pitching.

03:35Yeah, number two starter and a huge bullpen piece

03:38would be the two area.

03:41I don't think you have to worry about first base.

03:43You kind of have those two guys platooning there.

03:45Yeah, I think they're doing a good job.

03:47What was it, Gonzalez last night and Toro?

03:50They've been kind of...

03:51Brett, would you...

03:52So then I think that because we've had this discussion

03:54about Jaron Duran,

03:57I mean, I wouldn't trade him,

03:59but he's your most valuable asset.

04:01You have these other guys that are playing well.

04:03Then would you wait till after the season?

04:08Yeah, yeah.

04:09You could do too.

04:10I would wait till the offseason to trade him, right?

04:14I think you're going to get more...

04:15You're going to get more back for Jaron Duran,

04:18I think, in the offseason,

04:19because like I said with you,

04:20the 12 teams that are interested in Jaron Duran right now

04:23are trying to make the playoffs.

04:24So it doesn't make sense for them to give you

04:26one of their best pitchers for Jaron Duran.

04:29But in the offseason,

04:30now you can trade him to 30 teams, right?

04:33So it kind of opens up the...

04:35It opens up your possibilities,

04:36and I think you're going to get a better return.

04:38So I think if you're going to trade Jaron Duran,

04:41it might be this year,

04:44but I don't think the return is going to be as good

04:46as if you wait until the offseason.

04:48That's just my...

04:49That would be my take on it.

04:50But he is your most valuable asset,

04:52and he does have three more years of control.

04:55And he was a top five, top 10 MVP candidate last year.

05:00He has regressed a little bit this year,

05:02but he's in the prime of his career,

05:04and he's not making a lot of money.

05:05He's going year to year with arbitrations.

05:06He's not making a ton of money.

05:08But if you can get a legit, as you said,

05:10a legit number two pitcher,

05:11then you trade Jaron Duran all day long.

05:13I would do that.

05:14Yeah.

05:15I would do that all day long, unfortunately.

05:18Yep.

05:18You trade Jaron Duran,

05:19and then I think you can move the pieces around

05:21a little bit, Greg,

05:22to make it work in your outfield and your lineup,

05:25and I think you're all right.

05:27But you need pitching.

05:28You know, and with Bregman coming back,

05:30Bregman coming back,

05:32you know, the rising tide lifts all ships.

05:33So you get Bregman back,

05:35and that puts him at number two in the lineup,

05:37and that's a huge right-handed at-bat for you.

05:40Everyone else slides down,

05:41and your offense just continues to get better.

05:43But Bregman coming back is a really,

05:45really valuable piece.

05:47Baseball, Brett, great to hear your voice.

05:49And you, like a lot of us, are back.

05:53The Red Sox are back.

05:54Yep.

05:54Back, buddy.

05:54I'm back, buddy.

05:56I'm back.

05:56There you go.

05:58Get healthy, too.

05:59It's the third time I've been back this season.

06:01Well, you know, they'll keep you there, man.

06:03That's the thing about it.

06:04That's the thing about it.

06:05They will keep you there.

06:07All right.

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