The Boston Red Sox are always looking around for ways to add talent to the organization.<\/p>\n
That certainly is the case right now with an Alex Bregman-sized hole in the infield. Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow made it clear that the team is open to a move and noted that a willingness to trade from its team\u2019s depth.<\/p>\n
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\n\u201cWe\u2019ll continue to look at ways to improve the team,\u201d Breslow said. \u201cIf that means potentially talking about trading from an area of depth in order to address another roster need, it\u2019s something that we\u2019re going to be willing to hear out and be open-minded to. We talked the beginning of the offseason that free agency and trades and internal development were three ways to improve our team. We\u2019ll try to leverage all three.\u201d<\/p>\n
Will Jarren Duran be with the Red Sox in 2026?<\/p>\n
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Unsurprisingly, this led to chatter about the surplus of outfielders the team has. Jarren Duran has had his name out there all offseason in various reports and speculation. While unlikely, one player the club reportedly had some interest in is Isaac Paredes of the Houston Astros. So, naturally, speculation began about the idea of flipping these two. It appears to be nothing more than just that.<\/p>\n
On Friday, former Fox 26 anchor and current host of \u201cKickin\u2019 it with Kunkel,\u201d Will Kunkel reported that the Astros are not in trade talks for Duran.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Houston Astros are not in trade talks for Red Sox OF Jarren Duran, per source,\u201d Kunkel wrote.<\/p>\n
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Chandler Rome of The Athletic shared on the \u201cCrush City Territory\u201d podcast that Wilyer Abreu actually \u201cmaybe intrigues\u201d the Astros more than Duran. But at the end of the day, none of this noise matters if Paredes is not an option for Boston. Both Sean McAdam of MassLive.com and Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic downplayed the idea of a move because he isn\u2019t a great defender. So, at the end of the day, the rumors about the outfielders don\u2019t matter if Paredes isn\u2019t an option. But, it is nice to hear Boston reportedly isn\u2019t shopping Duran to the Astros, at least at the moment. Plus, this is for the best, anyway. Duran is a star with years of control left. Arguably, the Red Sox shouldn\u2019t move on.<\/p>\n
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