{"id":12384,"date":"2024-11-25T14:15:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T14:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=12384"},"modified":"2024-11-25T14:15:10","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T14:15:10","slug":"red-sox-interested-in-corbin-burnes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=12384","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox Interested In Corbin Burnes"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<header>By Mark Polishuk | <time datetime=\"2024-11-24T22:15:28-06:00\">November 24, 2024<\/time> at <time datetime=\"2024-11-24T22:15:28-06:00\">10:15pm CDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div>\n<p>The Red Sox have already been linked to a wide range of big-name free agents this winter, including most of the top available pitchers.\u00a0 It comes as no surprise that <strong>Corbin Burnes<\/strong> also appears to be on Boston\u2019s radar, as Jon Heyman of the New York Post writes that the Sox are \u201cin on\u201d Burnes.<\/p>\n<p>Chief baseball officer <strong>Craig Breslow<\/strong> said earlier this month at the GM Meetings that the Red Sox \u201c<em>need to raise the ceiling of the rotation<\/em>\u201d by adding a front-of-the-rotation No. 1 starter type.\u00a0 <strong>Tanner Houck<\/strong>, <strong>Kutter Crawford<\/strong>, and <strong>Brayan Bello<\/strong> project as the top three members of Boston\u2019s current pitching staff, <strong>Lucas Giolito<\/strong> is expected to be back from an internal brace surgery relatively close to the start of the season, and the likes of <strong>Cooper Criswell<\/strong>, <strong>Richard Fitts<\/strong>, or <strong>Quinn Priester<\/strong> are the top candidates for the fifth\u2019s starter role.<\/p>\n<p>Adding a pitcher like Burnes naturally makes that group much stronger, as suddenly the Red Sox would have an ace to push everyone down one slot in the rotation, and the younger starters become key depth options if Giolito has any setbacks (or if any of the starters run into injury problems).\u00a0 In theory, the Sox could even look to turn one of the younger starters into a trade chip, even if it\u2019s probably likelier that Boston just retains all of its pitchers just for the sake of having as much depth as possible.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Sox to have interest in <strong>Garrett Crochet<\/strong>\u2019s market, so it is possible the Sox will address their rotation needs via trade rather than via free agency.\u00a0 Boston\u2019s relatively limited free agent spending in recent years has been well-documented, as <strong>Trevor Story<\/strong>\u2019s six-year, $140MM contract is the only nine-figure free agent deal the Red Sox have finalized in the last six offseasons.\u00a0 That said, the Sox have explored so many premium free agents this winter that it appears the team is again willing to shop on the top shelf of the market \u2014 four non-winning records in the last five seasons has undoubtedly spurred some extra aggressiveness.<\/p>\n<p>Burnes is ranked behind only <strong>Juan Soto<\/strong> on MLBTR\u2019s list of the top 50 free agents in this year\u2019s class, and the right-hander is projected for a seven-year, $200MM pact.\u00a0 Just a month removed from his 30th birthday, Burnes hits the open market on the heels of four straight All-Star appearances, and five straight top-eight finishes in the NL and AL Cy Young races.\u00a0 Burnes took the Cy home in 2021 when he posted a Major League-leading 2.43 ERA in 167 innings with the Brewers.<\/p>\n<p>That innings total was actually the lowest of Burnes\u2019 last four seasons, as he has averaged 197 frames over the 2022-24 seasons.\u00a0 Beyond the durability, Burnes has a 3.08 ERA, 26.4% strikeout rate, and seven percent walk rate over the last three seasons, as he remained productive in a new environment after the Brewers traded him to the Orioles last offseason.\u00a0 Burnes\u2019 23.1% strikeout rate this season was only a tick above league average, but the rest of his Statcast metrics were impressive, and he added a 48.2% grounder rate to boot.<\/p>\n<p>Because Burnes rejected the Orioles\u2019 qualifying offer, any team that signs him would have to face some type of penalty.\u00a0 In Boston\u2019s case, they would have to surrender $500K in international signing pool money, as well as their second-highest pick in the 2025 draft.\u00a0 This might be a relatively acceptable loss for the Red Sox, especially since they\u2019d be getting a compensatory pick of their own just before the start of the third round if <strong>Nick Pivetta<\/strong> (their own qualified free agent) signed elsewhere.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>View Comments (18)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Red Sox have already been linked to a wide range of big-name free agents this winter, including most of 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