Jones & Keefe: MLB insider ties the Red Sox to Tarik Skubal

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00:00Buster only wrote about this today.

00:01What do teams in the industry think the Tigers will do with Tarek Skubal this winter?

00:06Buster only said other teams believe the Tigers will seriously consider moving him

00:09if they can glean what they want in a trade.

00:11Okay.

00:12And there's every reason to expect a significant bidding war for Skubal,

00:15who will be eligible for free agency after next year.

00:18He says the Mariners are expected to be among the teams to go after him.

00:21Okay.

00:21The Mets, of course.

00:23And then he says the Red Sox are well positioned to make a run at Skubal,

00:28comma, if they want.

00:31They should want.

00:32What does that mean?

00:33Can you imagine Crochet, Skubal, back to back?

00:36Yes, I can.

00:36I can imagine that as well.

00:38What does that mean?

00:38If they want.

00:40I don't know why they wouldn't want.

00:41Who doesn't want?

00:42They should want.

00:44I mean, are they afraid of what the asking price will be?

00:49And I'm sure the asking price will be pretty crazy.

00:51Right.

00:51Well, no.

00:52The answer is do they want to give him the contract he wants?

00:54John Henry may not want to do that for a pitcher.

00:56How old is Skubal?

00:57So, uh, Skub's 26.

01:01Yeah.

01:01Right.

01:02So, no.

01:02Is he that young?

01:0428.

01:05Sorry.

01:05So, like, a pitcher approaching 30.

01:0728, yeah.

01:08Does Henry want to pay him that?

01:09I imagine.

01:10I mean, look.

01:10Breslow has shown a propensity to part with his prospects, unlike Heimblum.

01:14And maybe he wouldn't want to pay the freight.

01:15I'm not saying, you know, he definitely does.

01:17I'd imagine the hiccup there would be ownership and the extension that Skubal wants.

01:21You're right.

01:21That's the kind of contract that would be pretty insane.

01:25But, I mean, if you're not paying Rafael Devers, you don't have to pay a dime to Rafael Devers.

01:30You completely get out of that deal.

01:33Your other third baseman may be gone as well.

01:36Like, you're starting to move around some of the pieces of this puzzle.

01:40And you're going to have money to spend.

01:41And if you're investing it in Crochet and Skubal, I think that's pretty sound.

01:45I mean, that'd be incredible.

01:47That'd be amazing.

01:48Hopefully that would get people to stop crying about Rafi Devers.

01:50Like, this morning, Curtis is like, whoa, what if they lose Bregman?

01:53Will that, will they look stupid for Devers?

01:55And I'm like, no, they won't.

01:56We've moved past it.

01:57But, like, okay, but I would just ask those same people, if they re-sign Bregman, will that shut you up on Devers?

02:01Or if they trade for Skubal, will that shut you up on Devers?

02:04Like, I'm so tired of that.

02:05But, anyway, okay.

02:06The text line, Pedro, the Crochet-Skubal would be like Pedro and Schilling.

02:10I would argue it would be better because you're getting them both in their prime.

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