{"id":368518,"date":"2025-12-25T18:55:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T18:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/368518\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T18:55:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T18:55:07","slug":"red-sox-reportedly-beat-out-top-nl-contender-for-willson-contreras-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/368518\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox Reportedly Beat Out Top NL Contender For Willson Contreras Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2025\/12\/should-red-sox-trade-for-aging-all-star-to-replace-alex-bregman-at-third-base\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Boston Red Sox;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Boston Red Sox<\/a> have done pretty much all of their work so far this offseason on the trade market, with their latest move seeing them land <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2025\/12\/red-soxs-willson-contreras-comes-with-warning-signs-after-cardinals-trade\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Willson Contreras;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Willson Contreras<\/a> in exchange for right-handed pitchers Hunter Dobbins, Yhoiker Fajardo and Blake Aita.<\/p>\n<p>After making several moves to shore up their pitching staff early this offseason, the front office is turning its attention to adding to the team\u2019s lineup. Contreras is a steady-hitting first baseman, as he posted a .257 batting average with 20 home runs and 80 RBIs for the Cardinals in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Boston didn\u2019t have to give up too much to land Contreras, which made this a very appealing deal for the team. According to a report, though, the Sox had some competition for Contreras\u2019 services on the trade market, as the New York Mets also <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/25\/sports\/mets-tried-to-get-willson-contreras-before-red-sox-trade\/?utm_campaign=nypost&amp;utm_social_post_id=633607479&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_social_handle_id=17469289&amp;utm_source=twitter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:made a push;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">made a push<\/a> to bring him to town before this deal was finalized.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Mets tried for Willson Contreras before he went to the Red Sox,\u201d Heyman reported. \u201cThat was new Cardinals honcho Chaim Bloom\u2019s third trade with Boston, which makes sense since he\u2019s familiar with their system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even with the arrival of Contreas, the Red Sox could still use another big bat or two to come in and help out their lineup. Alex Bregman is still up for grabs in free agency, and the team continues to be linked to Arizona Diamondbacks\u2019 second baseman Ketel Marte in trade rumors.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Considering how Boston faced some competition for Contreras, it did well to find a way to bring him to town. However, the front office\u2019s work can\u2019t be done just yet, and it will be interesting to see what its next move ends up being.<\/p>\n<p>More MLB:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2025\/12\/willson-contreras-sends-clear-message-to-red-sox-fans-via-instagram\/\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Willson Contreras Sends Clear Message To Red Sox Fans Via Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">  Willson Contreras Sends Clear Message To Red Sox Fans Via Instagram <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boston Red Sox have done pretty much all of their work so far this offseason on the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368519,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[7679,485,3959,49,48,6396,72540,27438,462,475,82,127979,13989,155442],"class_list":{"0":"post-368518","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-alex-bregman","9":"tag-arizona-diamondbacks","10":"tag-boston-red-sox","11":"tag-ca","12":"tag-canada","13":"tag-cardinals","14":"tag-hunter-dobbins","15":"tag-ketel-marte","16":"tag-mlb","17":"tag-new-york-mets","18":"tag-sports","19":"tag-trade-market","20":"tag-willson-contreras","21":"tag-yhoiker-fajardo"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}