{"id":112238,"date":"2025-10-25T11:23:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T11:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=112238"},"modified":"2025-10-25T11:23:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T11:23:04","slug":"%e2%9a%be-insider-report-red-sox-connected-to-ex-cy-young-candidate-in-13-75m-move-boston-may-already-have-giolitos-successor-lined-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=112238","title":{"rendered":"\u26be INSIDER REPORT: Red Sox connected to ex\u2013Cy Young candidate in $13.75M move \u2014 Boston may already have Giolito\u2019s successor lined up!"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"article-body\">\n<div>\n<p>With the Red Sox heading into the offseason, they\u2019ll need to address some potential exits from the team; one of them being star pitcher Lucas Giolito, who can opt out of his contract.<\/p>\n<p>If he does, the Sox will have to look for a replacement. While trading for an elite pitcher to fill Walker Buehler\u2019s hole is still a priority, Fansided\u2019s Cody Williams believes the Sox could go for a free agent signing of former Cy Young candidate Dylan Cease.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE:\u00a0Red Sox predicted to be top landing spot for $79 million three-time All-Star; would replace Masataka Yoshida<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It might be a surprise that, among any of the free agent starting pitchers set to hit the open market, I&#8217;d land on Dylan Cease as the top option for Boston. One part of that, though, is the combination of potential price and how he fits the Red Sox and what they&#8217;ve been looking for\u2026His FIP was still a solid 3.56, he still led the majors with an 11.5 K\/9 rate, the velo is still 88th percentile on his fastball, and there are plenty of signs that, if the Red Sox pitching program could work with him, he could return to Cy Young-caliber form,\u201d Williams wrote.<\/p>\n<p>This season, Cease posted an ugly 4.55 ERA and 1.327 WHIP, but he still managed to get 215 strikeouts, and his aforementioned 11.5 K\/9. If Sox pitching coach Andrew Bailey gets a full offseason to work with him, the sky\u2019s the limit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE:\u00a0Yankees star reliever Luke Weaver predicted to cut ties with New York, sign with division rival<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also already proof Bailey and the staff do work well \u201creclaiming\u201d pitchers; Giolito is a prime example. He had a year to train with the team during his injury, and he went from being mediocre to one of the best in baseball.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, the Sox see their past success, and realize they could probably replicate it in Cease. They better get on it quick, as many other teams will try and pursue Cease as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE\u00a0MLB\u00a0NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Red Sox insider reveals five relievers that Boston could target to become set-up men for Aroldis Chapman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Red Sox insider reveals top eight starting pitcher trade candidates Boston could target to support Garrett Crochet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Braves predicted to trade for $12.5 million 2.83 ERA star closer, would replace Raisel Iglesias<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This would be a great replacement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":112242,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u26be INSIDER REPORT: Red Sox connected to ex\u2013Cy Young candidate in $13.75M move \u2014 Boston may already have Giolito\u2019s successor lined up! 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