{"id":428165,"date":"2026-01-23T14:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T14:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/428165\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T14:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T14:09:08","slug":"jon-heyman-ties-red-sox-to-three-different-infield-trade-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/428165\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Heyman Ties Red Sox To Three Different Infield Trade Targets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Red Sox are <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2026\/01\/red-sox-rumors-club-was-closely-monitoring-this-reunion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">well aware of their need<\/a> for another infielder\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe tend to get caught up in the pitching portion of run prevention, but there are other key components as well \u2014 defense being the most obvious,\u201d Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow said on Wednesday. \u201cIt\u2019s really important that we improve our defense, particularly our infield defense. I\u2019d argue that we have the best defensive outfield in baseball, but we led the league in errors last year and our out conversion needs to be improved. We\u2019ve done things internally to re-prioritize that, but any additions we may make will be mindful of the defensive skillset.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s looking like that need is evident to others, as well.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Post\u2019s Jon Heyman reported that the club was <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/22\/sports\/mets-yankees-counting-themselves-out-in-tarik-skubal-talks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u201ctalking trade\u201d for an infielder in his article<\/a> on Thursday, and tied them to three in particular: Nico Hoerner, Isaac Paredes and Brendan Donovan.<\/p>\n<p>Hoerner, Paredes and Donovan <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2026\/01\/alex-bregman-reason-nico-hoerner-trade-doesnt-make-sense-red-sox\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">have all been tied to the organization<\/a> one way or the other, and could all conceivably fill the remaining hole at second\/third base, taking one of them while the other is filled by Marcelo Mayer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>How would each fit?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Hoerner, 28, might be the best defensive option among that trio, having earned two Gold Glove Awards (2023, 2025). The Cubs probably aren\u2019t in a hurry to trade the utility man, but it will certainly be easier following the addition of third baseman Alex Bregman. <\/p>\n<p>Paredes, 26, is the best bat in this trio, having carried a .245\/.348\/.420 slash line to back-to-back All-Star selections in 2024 and 2025. It\u2019s hard to justify adding someone who averages negative-three defensive runs saved when you\u2019re focusing on defense, though.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Donovan, 29, is a super utility player who definitely has a defense-first profile (Gold Glove in 2022), but can get on base and might be the easiest to acquire given the recent relationship between Boston and the St. Louis Cardinals.<\/p>\n<p>Breslow made it clear that trading for his surplus of starting pitchers and infielders is something he\u2019ll consider, but will he actually pull the trigger?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boston Red Sox are well aware of their need for another infielder\u2026 \u201cWe tend to get caught&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428166,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[21168,49,48,3971,462,96802,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-428165","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-brendan-donovan","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-isaac-paredes","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-nico-hoerner","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428165","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=428165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}