The Boston Red Sox have started the 2024 season with many injuries that could ruin a unexpectedly good start by the pitchers., with Rafael Devers and Tyler O’Neill, who are important hitters, are among the most recent players to get injured. One of the players who won’t return this season is shortstop Trevor Story, who got a
shoulder injury that ends his season while trying to make a defensive play during the team's home opener. The team has tried to fill Story’s spot with a mix of substitutes, but Zachary Rymer of Bleacher Report suggested that the team get a new player via trade, and mentioned former All-Star Tim Anderson as a potential option. “It’s a tough hit for a team that had been playing much better than expected at the beginning,” Rymer wrote. “The only way that's going to continue now is if the Red Sox find someone who can at least do as good a job as Story on defense, which they are already really missing.”
The Boston Red Sox have had a hard time finding a replacement for the shortstop position.
After Story got injured, the Red Sox have used David Hamilton and Pablo Reyes at shortstop — Hamilton has
made three errors , while ReyesCeddanne Rafaela will be given a go has two. Now, “The solution for the Red Sox for the remaining 144 games may be outside the organization,”.
Jake Reiser noted for Over The Monster That’s where Anderson, a nine-year MLB veteran who has been a.
good defensive shortstop in MLB since 2020 a .282/.312/.420 hitter who won the American League batting title in 2019, a Silver Slugger Award in 2020 and was selected as an All-Star in 2021 and 2022. Since then, his performance has decreased, leading to a, comes in.
Anderson is a career one-year, $5 million deal with the Miami Marlins for this season. Although his fielding percentage dropped to .962 at shortstop last season, it has increased to .966 in 147 innings this season.
The Boston Red Sox and Miami Marlins Could Have Shared Interest in a Tim Anderson Trade
If the Red Sox see an improve in defense by adding Anderson, they might choose to trade for him. For example, they earlier got player Vladimi Gutierrez by
paying cash to the Milwaukee Brewers to increase their pitching options when they were getting thin. If the Red Sox are interested in doing the same to fix the gap at shortstop, the Miami Marlins are likely to consider offers for Anderson because general manager Peter Bendix has often traded experienced players for young talents during his previous job with the Tampa Bay Rays.
“If their performance doesn’t get better, first-year general manager Peter Bendix will probably be more willing to change his team,”
Ken Rosenthal and Dennis Lin reported for The Athletic . “If the Marlins are going to work like the Rays, they will be open to trading all players at all times. And if they continue to go down, it might only speed up the process.”Lots of the best young players in the Red Sox's farm system would be off-limits in what might be a half-season deal for Anderson, but the team has a
number of young hitters to use as leverage . Depending on how the rest of the season goes, they might be able to get Anderson for not much more than reducing their payroll.The Boston Red Sox may look to acquire a shortstop following Trevor Story's injury, and Tim Anderson from the Miami Marlins is being considered for the position.
