Craig Breslow’s best trade (that was all him) as
#RedSox GM was the Rafael Devers trade.
He landed:
• 22 year-old OF/1B & the 13th overall pick in the 2024 MLB Draft. He was selected out of Florida State University, where he was named the 2024 ACC Player of the Year…in 2026 Tibbs has become one of the
#Dodgers Top Prospects (best farm system in baseball) after hitting .287 with 30 Home Runs and 107 RBI’s…
• 23 year-old LHP Kyle Harrison who has incredible upside… (2026 1st half stats with
#Brewers : 8-2 with a 3.01 ERA in 83 IP with 101 K’s (10.86 K’s per 9IP)
*Craig Breslow traded James Tibbs III shortly after trading for him…along with 22 year-old OF Zach Ehrhard to the Dodgers (who hit .290 with 20 Home Runs and 93 RBI’s in 2026) for SP Dustin May…who did nothing in Boston and walked in Free agency.
THEN Craig Breslow traded 22 year-old Kyle Harrison AND 26 year-old LHP Shane Drohan (7-5 with a 4.19 ERA in 124 IP…+ 2 saves…who also had an ERA in the low 3’s for the first half of his season) to the Brewers in the offseason for 26 year-old INF Caleb Durbin, INF Andruw Monasterio, & INF Anthony Seigler.
Caleb Durbin is the only legit MLB player Craig Breslow got back in the trade…and I like Durbin…but not for 2 young LHP…ONE of which could be a 2 or 3 guy in an MLB rotation for years to come, and ONE who will be a legit 4 or 5 guy in an MLB rotation and/or a high upside RP).
Now Breslow only wanted Monasterio & Seigler because he never believed in Nick Sogard, who keeps proving him wrong….AND worst of all…after trading those 2 LHP (who were projected to be in/compete for Red Sox 2026 rotation) he decided to spend 26M on LHP Ranger Suarez (who can’t pitch past 5 innings and is nothing spectacular) INSTEAD of allocating that money to either Pete Alonso or Dylan Cease (or Bo Bichette)
Oh yeah, in 2025 Breslow passed up on trading Jarren Duran to the SD Padres for Dylan Cease & 20 year-old catching phenom Ethan Salas…who just helped lead the Padres to the playoffs and was one of the youngest catchers to play in post season history.
THEN…
Craig Breslow traded 24 year-old Connelly Early (the Red Sox best asset) for INF Curtis Mead…who has been traded 3x and cut once…after he had ONE good season (ONE good 70 game sample)…no one knows what he is or could be yet…when Early could have helped land a proven asset easily this offseason if still on Sox.
THEN…
Craig Breslow traded their 2 top 2025 MLB Draft picks AND 2 best SP prospects…21 year-old Anthony Eyanson (6-1 with a 1.54 ERA in AA with 99 IP & 141 K’s), along with 22 year-old 2025 1st Round pick SP Kyson Witherspoon, AND 19 year-old OF Enddy Azocar who hit .295 with 21 Home Runs 86 RBI’s and 20 Stolen Bases in 110 games….
For 28 year-old Catcher Adley Rutschman who hasn’t been good for 2-years & is often injured… and as a Catcher “often injured” is as big a red flag 🚩 you can get.
All in all…Red Sox could still have:
1. Kyle Harrison (25
2. Shane Drohan (27)
3. James Tibbs III (24)
4. Zach Ehrhard (23)
5. Connelly Early (24)
6. Anthony Eyanson (22)
7. Kyson Witherspoon (23)
8. Enddy Azocar (20)
And INSTEAD the
#RedSox have
1. Adley Rutschman
2. Curtis Mead
3. Caleb Durbin…(I’m a fan of his & not his fault he is a part of this 🤣)
#RedSoxNation #DirtyWater