{"id":27342,"date":"2025-01-18T22:54:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T22:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=27342"},"modified":"2025-01-18T22:54:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T22:54:26","slug":"mlb-rumors-popular-red-sox-target-nearing-free-agency-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=27342","title":{"rendered":"MLB Rumors: Popular Red Sox Target Nearing Free Agency Decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-2003652\"><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??-->The Boston Red Sox could soon see one of their offseason targets come off the board.<\/p>\n<p>Tanner Scott\u00a0is weighing \u201cseveral multi-year offers\u201d and may choose his team by this weekend, according to Jon Morosi of MLB Network. The Chicago Cubs are among his top suitors, per the report.<\/p>\n<p>Scott, 30, is among baseball\u2019s best relievers, combining for a 2.03 ERA across the last two seasons with the Miami Marlins and San Diego Padres. Scott earned his first All-Star nod in 2024, and is expected to parlay his successes into a three- or four-year contract with an average annual salary that\u00a0could approach $20 million.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago is interested, per Sahadev Sharma of The Athletic,\u00a0though that salary might be too rich for their blood. Boston could very well be in the same boat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been actively engaged in conversations, we\u2019ll continue to do that and feel like there\u2019s an opportunity to add to the bullpen,\u201d Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom said last weekend.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>What do you think, Red Sox fans? 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