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Full details on the latest Red Sox trade rumors, This Red Sox Trade for Minnesota ACE Pablo Lopez is PERFECT!!
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Today we are breaking down the latest Red Sox News on star Red Sox Prospects and a Red Sox Roster Move the Red Sox need to make, that includes trading a perfect match for The Red Sox Sox biggest problems right now a trade with the Minnesota Twins for ACE STAR Pablo Lopez. We look at one Red Sox TRADE that make absolutely no sense, and why it would be a BIG PROBLEM for The Red Sox. But also why this trade would be PERFECT for the Red Sox! We take a look at why The Red Sox may want to make this move, and what kind of impact this roster move could make on the 2025 Red Sox!
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this trade idea could actually be fantastic for the Boston Red Sox what is going on everybody welcome back to Red Sea radio my name is Corbin and in today’s video what we’re going to be doing is taking a look at the latest name to be added to this MLB trade market and why they make a ton of sense for Boston we’re we talking about what it could possibly take to get this guy and of course whether or not this is something that could actually happen thank you all very much for clicking on this one let’s get into it so a new name has officially been added to the board who is that name well Jeff passen in an article yesterday where he essentially broke down where everything stands with major league free agency trade rumors over the last couple of days put this out there he said that the Minnesota Twins have started listening to offers on their starter Pablo Lopez now for the Red Sox that should immediately make their ears tingle because Pablo Lopez could be exactly what the Red Sox are looking for in fact Pablo Lopez could be exactly what the Red Sox are missing Pablo over his career has a 391 erra with a lower 365 FIP so a little bit of unluckiness with that erra number the whip is at 1.81 and the erra plus is at 108 which is 8% above League average production now this certainly isn’t certified Bonafide a statistics by any means but it is absolutely a middle of the rotation arm sort of floor here for Pablo Lopez and what I mean by floor we kind of saw what Pablo Lopez’s current floor possibly looks like because this season was a bit of a Down year for him he had a 408 erra this year again with a FIP lower actually significantly lower than his erra at 3.65 so again you got to talk about the fact that he was probably pitching a bit better than his erra leads on despite having a bit of a Down year but he was still an above average pitcher with an erra Plus at 102 and that sort of feels like that may be Lopez’s floor at worst he’s a slightly above League average arm but the ceiling is what should get Red Sox fans really excited because who Pablo Lopez could potentially be on the mount if he was available for trades and if the Red Sox were interested it’s really great in just two years ago in 2023 Lopez had a 366 ER A 333 fit he was striking out almost 11 batters per nine innings at 10.9 walking just 2.2 which by the way is something Pablo Lopez does really well he’s very good at commanding a strike zone historically he does not walk a whole lot of players and his ER Plus in 2023 was 119 again 19% basically 20% better than the average pitcher in Major League Baseball he was an All-Star and a top 10 Sai Young candidate during the 2023 season and just look at who this guy could be take a look at this baseball saon page it is almost as red as you could possibly get this was back again in 2023 and if this is the dude that you could potentially get here you’re talking about a guy who could very well be a really really solid number two in a rotation but it’s not just the fact that his ceiling could be as a Topline Frontline starter it’s also that regardless of what you get from him whether it be that sort of mid rotation type arm or whether it be that sort of top rotation type arm is that he’s going to give you a ton of innings regardless through his last three seasons in Major League Baseball Pablo Lopez is averaging 186 Innings pitch per season and almost six Innings pitch per start that is in my opinion an incredibly important factor here as to why he makes sense for the Red Sox because bringing in somebody who at the bare minimum is going to give you a ton of innings is going to do two very important things for the Red Sox the first and foremost is that it’s going to give your Bullpen some relief that was a big problem with the Red Sox last year you had a lot of really talented starting pitchers but they were also guys who just simply did not go incredibly deep into games this caused the bullpen to have to get through Innings 6 through n on a regular basis having a guy like Pablo Lopez limits that a little bit and it does wonders for a bullpen the second thing it does is it takes some pressure off of guys like crochet guys like gilo in having to get 170 180 200 Innings whatever it may be this season right those guys are both coming off of Pretty major injuries now garri crochet should be off the leash Andrew Bailey said look if he’s healthy if he’s available we’re going to let him pitch as long as he’s willing to pitch gilo a little bit of a different story right that guy’s probably going to be capped on the amount of innings that you’re allowed to use them for so it not only relieves your Bullpen it also relieves some of your rotation as well on top of all that this is also a guy who’s not exactly a short-term solution this is a dude who could be impacting this rotation for a few different years right now Pablo Lopez is currently under a contract he signed in terms of an extension with the Minnesota Twins what this means for the Red Sox if they were to go and get this guy is that they’d have him under control for the next three seasons during that time he’s going to be making $21.75 million a year which is unbelievably affordable if you consider what starting pitchers are currently getting on this Market even comparing him to some of the other potential trade Target the Red Sox are looking at he is a cheaper option than Luis Castillo and the big thing in my opinion would be the age range that you’d be getting Pablo Lopez in during this contract Pablo Lopez is going to be pitching for you in his age 29 through 31 Seasons we know that the Red Sox have been hesitant or are hesitant to give out money to older pitchers especially long-term deals to older pitchers this is sort of right in their wheelhouse this is a shorter term deal but still gives you a bit of control over for this guy this is a cost control deal and it’s not a deal that you are going to be getting a pitcher into their mid-30s and in fact you’re going to be getting a couple of years of what most people consider to be the prime of a starting pitcher’s career that’s an absolutely fantastic combination when it comes to appeal for the Boston Red Sox so if you’re the Red Sox and the twins have started opening their ears a little bit to the possibility of trading Pablo Lopez I think you got to Kool-Aid man this thing right you got to bust down that door in order to try and get him but the bigger question then becomes what would it take to get Pablo Lopez and is this something that is grounded in reality could it actually happen I got to be honest with you I don’t think that this is going to be an easy trade for the Red Sox to pull off if you’re looking at this from a Minnesota Twins perspective Pablo Lopez is younger he has a decent deal attached to him and he is a productive pitcher which all makes him really valuable on the open market but outside of those factors pitching is an absolute premium this off season you’re going to have to overpay any pitcher you want to bring in on the free agent Market teams are really really high when it comes to trading their starting pitchers the twins are probably in a very similar boat and on top of that the Twins play in a pretty crappy division right it’s not an incredibly competitive division the twins aren’t that far from being a legitimate competitive team in this division which means they aren’t incredibly motivated to sell Pablo Lopez in order to get him in my opinion the Red Sox are going to have to part with some major league talent I don’t think it makes a ton of sense for the twins to come into this situation looking for some High Caliber prospects that could possibly impact the team in 26 27 or 28 they’re going to be looking for guys who are going to be able to impact this team in 2025 however the good news here is that the Red Sox do have some options for that possibility that could be a little bit enticing for the Minnesota twins the first possibility here is that the Red Sox Center a trade around cutter Crawford cutter is a year older than Pablo Lopez but he does have more control than Pablo making him a little bit more appealing in my opinion if you’re the twins right plus the twins have a bit of a pitching Factory over there they’ve really done a good job at developing solid starting pitching if they believe cutter Crawford could be somebody that they think they can turn into a mid rotation type arm with the cost control being lower than Pablo Lope with the idea that you were going to be getting an extra year that you wouldn’t have if you kept Pablo Lopez maybe that’s something they’re interested in especially if they’re comfortable with bayy Ober and Joe Ryan starting to become sort of their one-two punch at the top of that rotation on top of that you add in a guy like David Hamilton to this sort of idea and he becomes a League average bat with solid defense at second base and he’s an incredibly quick person that could be something that is a little bit appealing to the Minnesota Twins the other option here for the Red Sox to potentially at least open the door to trade talks with Pablo Lopez is to center it around a guy like Willer abrao now the Minnesota Twins were actually pretty solid offensively last year in most categories they were a top half team in baseball with their overall team Ops just outside of the top 10 but if they want to truly compete in their division if they want to try and win and get back into the playoffs a guy like Willer Bru could really help with that one he’s probably a dude who could Propel you into that top 10 in terms of Ops Two he’s going to give you solid defense in the Outfield which is something that I think would be appealing for the Minnesota Twins and three he adds some home run potential which is something the Minnesota Twins don’t have a ton of right now taking a look at last season their max amount of home runs was in the low 20s will Oru had what 15 home runs in his rookie campaign this is a guy who at his Peak could give you 2025 home runs and another bat that gives you a whole lot of power and I think that should be something that is appealing for the Minnesota Twins now who you add on to Willer is a bit of an interesting conversation because the value one for one doesn’t simply match up you could hypothetically once again go with a guy like David Hamilton who again is a major league ready bench type player maybe you try him out as a starter at second base you probably don’t want him at shortstop but there is some pluses to David Hamilton at second base you could also attach a couple of other maybe lesser names a little bit than David Hamilton and I don’t think it’s really lesser that’s a kind of a bad word for it but other category type names maybe a guy like Quinn prer is someone that the twins are extremely interested in that’s a dude who does have a high ceiling who could potentially end up being a back end of the rotation arm for the twins while also giving them the ceiling that he continues to improve with a whole lot of control as well maybe you add in him maybe you add in a Grom or a ref Snider or whoever to really sort of get this deal going but I think those are your two options in terms of who could center a trade to get Pablo Lopez to this Red Sox team now the question becomes is this something that’s grounded in reality could the Red Sox actually get something like this done and in my opinion it all comes down to how highly Minnesota Twins value Pablo Lopez on paper these trades are pretty even right the twins are getting something solid the Red Sox are getting something solid but again you go back to what does the market currently look like for starting pitchers and it’s astronomical teams are paying an extreme premium to get themselves some even mid to top mid rotation arms not to mention an ace caliber arm what are the twins actually looking for are they holding him to higher esteem than he may actually be worth if that’s the case I don’t know how much more the Red Sox will be willing to add to a package to bring Pablo Lopez in I don’t know how much further they’re going to go I don’t think a name like Marcela Meyer or even a Miguel Blaze makes a ton of sense to give up in this trade package I don’t think a Franklin arus makes a ton of sense to give up in this trade package right but that might be where the twins are at because the twins don’t necessarily have to trade this guy they could hold on to Pablo Lopez and say look we’re just going to try and compete with the team that we have in 2025 and honestly they probably could do exactly that so that’s the tricky part in this trade conversation whether or not the twins are willing to come down a little bit on what their price actually is and honestly I don’t know what the answer to that is going to be I feel like the twins could be very reasonable I feel like the twins would be very reasonable but they also don’t have to be very reasonable and I don’t know that the Red Sox come up to match that deal so ultimately when we’re looking at this trade possibility the reason I’m calling this a fantastic trade proposal is because I truly do think Pablo Lopez would be a fantastic addition to the Boston Red Sox in my opinion I think especially if the twins are starting to listen to him he’s towards the top of my wish list right now I think it goes legitimately Corin Burns and then Pablo Lopez I think he’s a better arm than Luis Castillo at the bare minimum he’s younger he gives you the same amount of innings and I think could be more successful in Boston I think he’s been more consistently proven than Walker berer and Jack flarity he definitely has a higher ceiling than Nick pavetta or sha manah so you sit there and I think there’s a lot of legitimate reasons why Pablo Lopez makes a lot of sense for the Red Sox It ultimately again is going to come down to what the twins are expecting in this trade package and I think ultimately that’s what we’re going to be talking about the rest of this offseason whoever the Red Sox do end up trading for all of it is going to boil down to how highly do these teams value these guys so I think that’s ultimately what it comes down to but if the Red Sox can get a deal done with Pablo Lopez I think they’re going to be in a very good spot but that’s just my opinion so let me know in the comments section down below is this trade proposal a fantastic idea Am I Wrong Am I overlooking something something that you guys think is a very important factor here what are your thoughts on the idea of Pablo Lopez to the Red Sox and what would you give up to get him let me know all your thoughts in the comments down below as always if you made it to the end of this video do me a favor make sure you guys have hit that subscribe button if you haven’t already if you’re new here we talk Red Sox content almost every single day also make sure you guys have hit the like button on this 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