Boston Red Sox trade rumors: Jarren Duran of interest to Padres (report)
Could Jarren Duran be on the trade block here in early June with the Red Sox three games under .500 (29-32) and top prospect Roman Anthony knocking on the door?
The Padres have interest in Boston's left fielder, according to a report from Dennis Lin, a Padres beat reporter for The Athletic.
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Lin wrote, 'As the Padres face a daunting upcoming schedule and glaring holes at the bottom of their lineup, their list of trade targets again includes Boston Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran, league sources told The Athletic. The Padres expressed interest in Duran ahead of the 2024 season.'
Duran, Boston's leadoff hitter, is batting .264 with a .312 on-base percentage, .406 slugging percentage, .718 OPS, four home runs, 13 doubles, six triples, 34 RBIs, 31 runs, 13 steals, 16 walks and 62 strikeouts in 60 games (282 plate appearances).
The 28-year-old is under team control through the 2028 season and is earning $3.75 million this year. He finished eighth in the 2024 AL MVP voting when he led the league in triples (14) and doubles (48) while adding 21 homers, 75 RBIs, 34 steals and a .285/.342/.492/.834 slash line.
Lin added that 'an underwhelming Red Sox team might consider Duran expendable' and noted Anthony, a left fielder, is 'tantalizingly close to Boston.'
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Anthony has the chance to be promoted any day. As manager Alex Cora told WEEI on Thursday afternoon, 'He's not knocking at the door, he's knocking it down.'
Anthony, who just turned 21 on May 13, is ranked the game's No. 1 prospect by both Baseball America and MLB Pipeline. He's batting .303 with a .430 on-base percentage, .492 slugging percentage, .922 OPS, eight homers, nine doubles, two triples, 23 RBIs, 41 runs, 45 walks and 49 strikeouts in 53 games (242 plate appearances) for Triple-A Worcester.
'I don't think there's a perfect answer to that,' chief baseball officer Craig Breslow said Saturday when asked about a timeline for Anthony's big league debut. 'We're trying to balance what's best for Roman and his development with where we are as a team and the way we're prioritizing our 2025 season. We try to lean on the goals and process you think about in the offseason when the noise isn't quite so loud.
'I think you also have to be willing to react to the situation you have right now. It's impossible to ignore the performance he has had in Triple-A and how that's lining up with our struggles here at the big league level, but we're also trying to be mindful of the environment that we put him in, what he still has to work on, and what the pressure and demands would be. We'll try to make the best decision we can for him.'
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