According to
The Boston Globe's Nick Cafardo,
the Red Sox could make one of two mega-deals this coming week during the MLB Winter Meetings at National Harbor, Maryland. The
first would be a trade sending some combination of
Andrew Benintendi,
Yoan Moncada,
Jackie Bradley, Jr.,
Eduardo Rodriguez and
Blake Swihart to the White Sox for
Chris Sale and
José Abreu. The
other would ship off some combination of the above and/or
Michael Kopech to Detroit for
Miguel Cabrera and
Justin Verlander. Either trade would do two things: 1.) set-up the Red Sox as
immediate World Series contenders for the next few years and 2.) sap the richest young talent pool in baseball in one fell swoop. Of course, Boston would still have a youthful core to build around—but long-term competitiveness would be called into question (and second-guessed for years). Stay tuned!
