As if the buzz surrounding the Boston Red Sox‘s potential infield lineup in 2026 isn’t already weird enough, a new trade target for Boston was proposed this week by Bleacher Report’s MLB writer Kerry Miller.

History lesson aside, this report has to be music to the ears of Red Sox Nation, who likely saw a competing report from earlier in the day on Tuesday from WEEI’s Rob Bradford saying the Red Sox and Diamondbacks were not close on a trade despite the continued rumors between the two sides.

The Boston Red Sox are reportedly trying to improve their offense and could do so through a blockbuster trade.

Boston dealt Teel –– along with prospects Braden Montgomery, Chase Meidroth and Wikelman Gonzalez –– to Chicago in a December 2024 trade that sent 2025 AL Cy Young runner-up Garrett Crochet to the Red Sox.

Prospect-for-prospect swaps aren’t the most common type of transaction in baseball. But sometimes they make sense. Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow found a match he liked with his former assistant Paul Toboni on Monday,

The 25-year-old Bennett, drafted in the 2022 second round out of Oklahoma, stands 6-foot-6 with a listed weight of 234 pounds, a similar build to Red Sox's top pitching prospect, No. 2 overall in their system, Payton Tolle — who like Bennett is a native of Oklahoma.

With the winter meetings officially behind us, Major League Baseball’s rumor mill continues to heat up. A number of contenders are doing all they can to fortify

MLB buzz heats up as the Red Sox are emerging as a leading landing spot for a $116.5 million star amid growing league-wide interest.