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By Aaliyan Mohammed
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The Boston Red Sox made a blockbuster trade for Chicago White Sox ace Garrett Crochet earlier this offseason. Crochet is expected to lead the Red Sox rotation following an All-Star season in 2024. However, the Red Sox could look to add another starter from a rebuilding team to help them reach the postseason in 2025.
The Miami Marlins do not seem like a contending team right now. They traded Tanner Scott and Luis Arráez last season. Bleacher Report's Kerry Miller predicted the Marlins would trade Sandy Alcántara to the Red Sox before the 2025 trade deadline.
"The Miami Marlins were adamant from the outset that they had no intentions of trading away Sandy Alcántara this offseason, and they have thus far stuck by that," wrote Miller. "However, we're all kind of expecting it to happen before this summer's trade deadline. They probably just outright told people they wouldn't be trading him now because they didn't feel like dealing with lowball offers for a recent Cy Young winner who is coming off an even more recent Tommy John surgery. "Instead, [they're] hoping he can reassert his dominance over the first few months of the 2025 campaign and be worth more in July than he would've been in January."
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Alcántara signed a five-year, $56 million extension in 2021 and has two seasons remaining on his deal. He also has a $21 million club option for 2027. With multiple seasons of control, he could return a haul of prospects for the Marlins once he reestablishes his value.
He did not pitch in 2024 while recovering from Tommy John surgery. He won the National League Cy Young Award in 2022 but struggled in 2023. Right now his trade value is nowhere near what it could be after he takes the mound again. In 2022 he had a 2.28 ERA and 207 strikeouts. More impressively, he led the league with 228 2/3 innings pitched and six complete games.
Alcántara has a 3.32 career ERA and could be a player that takes the Red Sox over the top.
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