On Tuesday, MLB analyst Jordan Leandre of Just Baseball proposed a trade package that would not only ship out Duran, along with a pitching prospect and a utility infielder, but get a catcher in return who was ranked as the No. 39 prospect in baseball by MLB Pipeline this year — the No. 1 prospect in the Kansas City Royals system.

With the winter meetings officially behind us, Major League Baseball’s rumor mill continues to heat up. A number of contenders are doing all they can to fortify

MLB buzz heats up as the Red Sox are emerging as a leading landing spot for a $116.5 million star amid growing league-wide interest.

The 25-year-old Bennett, drafted in the 2022 second round out of Oklahoma, stands 6-foot-6 with a listed weight of 234 pounds, a similar build to Red Sox's top pitching prospect, No. 2 overall in their system, Payton Tolle — who like Bennett is a native of Oklahoma.

Boston dealt Teel –– along with prospects Braden Montgomery, Chase Meidroth and Wikelman Gonzalez –– to Chicago in a December 2024 trade that sent 2025 AL Cy Young runner-up Garrett Crochet to the Red Sox.

Prospect-for-prospect swaps aren’t the most common type of transaction in baseball. But sometimes they make sense. Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow found a match he liked with his former assistant Paul Toboni on Monday,