{"id":422780,"date":"2026-08-03T16:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/422780\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T16:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:42:09","slug":"red-sox-in-talks-to-acquire-division-rival-catcher-at-trade-deadline-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/422780\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox in talks to acquire division-rival catcher at trade deadline (report)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles are seriously discussing a trade that would bring switch-hitting catcher Adley Rutschman to Boston, according to multiple reports.<\/p>\n<p>Rutschman, 28, is hitting .251 with a .764 OPS over 67 games in his fifth year in the majors and third All-Star season, but is currently on the 10-day injured list with a sprained left wrist. He would be a significant defensive upgrade behind the dish for the Red Sox, as he ranks in MLB\u2019s 100th percentile in Caught-Stealing Above Average, 96th percentile in Fielding Run Value and 93rd percentile in Framing.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Sox are closely reviewing Rutschman\u2019s medicals, with particular emphasis on his current wrist injury.<\/p>\n<p>Baltimore selected Rutschman first overall in the 2019 draft, and he debuted with the club on May 21, 2022. He is under club control through the end of 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The MLB trade deadline is 6 p.m. ET Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles are seriously discussing a trade that would bring switch-hitting catcher Adley Rutschman&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422781,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[115584,4614,24643,1334,144116,143,145,144,168707],"class_list":["post-422780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-adley-rutschman","tag-baltimore-orioles","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-trade-deadline","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-red-sox-trade-rumors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}