{"id":951893,"date":"2026-10-30T12:36:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T12:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/951893\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T12:36:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T12:36:21","slug":"red-sox-to-trade-tsung-che-cheng-to-tigers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/951893\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox To Trade Tsung-Che Cheng To Tigers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Red Sox are trading infielder\u00a0Tsung-Che Cheng<\/a> to the Tigers for cash, reports Andrew Parker of Sox Prospects<\/a>. He\u2019ll occupy a spot on Detroit\u2019s 40-man roster, which is up to either 42 or 44 depending on their option decisions for\u00a0Drew Anderson<\/a> and\u00a0Kenley Jansen<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Boston, which already cleared one spot by trading<\/a>\u00a0Nate Eaton<\/a> to the Athletics this afternoon, will be at 42 once\u00a0Sonny Gray<\/a> declines his end of a mutual option and becomes a free agent. Both teams will need to drop down to 40 by Monday evening.<\/p>\n

Cheng spent one season on the Sox\u2019 roster. Boston claimed him off waivers from the Nationals in February. The Taiwanese infielder made a three-game debut with the Pirates last year and bounced around the waiver wire over the 2025-26 offseason. He played a minimal role in Boston, starting 13 games at shortstop amidst a monthlong stint on the MLB roster. He hit .256 with one extra-base hit, a double, in 44 plate appearances.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old Cheng spent the remainder of the season on optional assignment to Triple-A Worcester. He posted a league average .241\/.345\/.390 slash with eight home runs. Cheng rarely expanded the strike zone and walked at a strong 14% clip. He struck out at a slightly elevated 24% rate and didn\u2019t hit the ball with much authority. Prospect evaluators have generally praised his plate discipline and solid defensive chops around the infield, projecting him as a utility piece. He\u2019s out of minor league options and will battle for a bench job in Detroit if he holds his 40-man spot all offseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Red Sox are trading infielder\u00a0Tsung-Che Cheng to the Tigers for cash, reports Andrew Parker of Sox Prospects.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":951894,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82,154251],"class_list":["post-951893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports","tag-tsung-che-cheng"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951893","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=951893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/951894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=951893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=951893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=951893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}