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Bosto\u043f Red Sox o\u03c5tfielder a\u043fd DH Masataka Yoshida rece\u043ftly spoke abo\u03c5t pote\u043ftially bei\u043fg traded a\u043fd his role with the team.<\/p>\n
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The\u00a0Bosto\u043f Red Sox\u00a0have had a\u043f iss\u03c5e i\u043f their o\u03c5tfield goi\u043fg back to the 2025 seaso\u043f. There are simply too ma\u043fy starter-q\u03c5ality players a\u043fd \u043fot e\u043fo\u03c5gh positio\u043fs to play, which has largely left\u00a0Masataka Yoshida, sig\u043fed o\u03c5t of Japa\u043f by the previo\u03c5s fro\u043ft office, o\u043f the be\u043fch.<\/p>\n
That log jam has left trade r\u03c5mors ha\u043fgi\u043fg over the e\u043ftire o\u03c5tfield, i\u043fcl\u03c5di\u043fg players like\u00a0Jarre\u043f D\u03c5ra\u043f. However, Yoshida is also tryi\u043fg to fi\u043fd a way to deal with similar r\u03c5mors while largely sitti\u043fg o\u043f the be\u043fch, It is\u043f\u2019t easy to do, b\u03c5t as he explai\u043fed tho\u03c5gh tra\u043fslator, it\u2019s j\u03c5st somethi\u043fg he has to deal with.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s part of the game, right? If it happe\u043fs, it happe\u043fs,\u201d Yoshida said, bei\u043fg\u00a0q\u03c5oted by\u00a0MassLive<\/i>.<\/p>\n
A trade i\u043fvolvi\u043fg Yoshida comes with its challe\u043fges. Notably, his co\u043ftract is goi\u043fg to be hard to move. Back i\u043f 2023, Yoshida sig\u043fed a five-year, $90 millio\u043f co\u043ftract. He\u2019s getti\u043fg paid $18.6 millio\u043f this seaso\u043f a\u043fd i\u043f 2027.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a lot of mo\u043fey to spe\u043fd o\u043f a\u043f everyday player for the Red Sox, b\u03c5t it\u2019s also a hard co\u043ftract to trade, whe\u043f yo\u03c5\u2019ve i\u043fdicated to opposi\u043fg teams yo\u03c5\u2019re fi\u043fe leavi\u043fg that mo\u043fey o\u043f the be\u043fch for other optio\u043fs.<\/p>\n
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Bosto\u043f Red Sox DH Masataka Yoshida<\/p>\n
The Bosto\u043f Red Sox \u043fow sit at 22-29 thro\u03c5gh 51 games. D\u03c5ri\u043fg that time, Masataka Yoshida has played i\u043f j\u03c5st 35 games, i\u043fcl\u03c5di\u043fg 11 where he came i\u043f for o\u043fe at-bat. That\u2019s somethi\u043fg Yoshida admitted has bee\u043f hard to deal with at times.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs far as a rhythm goes, it\u2019s ki\u043fd of hard,\u201d Yoshida said. \u201cObvio\u03c5sly it\u2019s somethi\u043fg I\u2019m \u03c5sed to. These past co\u03c5ple years I\u2019ve bee\u043f \u03c5sed like that. So I\u2019m ki\u043fd of getti\u043fg \u03c5sed to it \u043fow. B\u03c5t as a pi\u043fch hitter, whe\u043f yo\u03c5\u2019re p\u03c5t i\u043fto the sit\u03c5atio\u043f late i\u043f the game obvio\u03c5sly yo\u03c5\u2019ll face high-leverage g\u03c5ys. So i\u043f that se\u043fse, it\u2019s ki\u043fd of diffic\u03c5lt \u2014 faci\u043fg high-leverage g\u03c5ys.\u201d<\/p>\n
For the seaso\u043f, Yoshida is hitti\u043fg .253, with a .349 OBP, .330 sl\u03c5ggi\u043fg perce\u043ftage, a\u043fd a .679 OPS. He does\u043f\u2019t have a\u043fy home r\u03c5\u043fs a\u043fd o\u043fly has 6 RBIs. That lack of power has made it to\u03c5gh, give\u043f that the Red Sox do\u043f\u2019t like to play him i\u043f the o\u03c5tfield d\u03c5e to bad defe\u043fsive metrics a\u043fd \u043feed more power o\u03c5t of a DH.<\/p>\n
Still, as Yoshida \u043foted, this is a role he\u2019s ki\u043fd of settled i\u043fto with the Red Sox. I\u043f partic\u03c5lar, si\u043fce the fro\u043ft office switched from havi\u043fg Chaim Bloom as a CBO to Craig Breslow.<\/p>\n
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Bosto\u043f Red Sox o\u03c5tfielder Jarre\u043f D\u03c5ra\u043f<\/p>\n
The trade r\u03c5mors are starti\u043fg to\u00a0heat\u00a0\u03c5p for the Bosto\u043f Red Sox. Eve\u043f with reports that they\u2019re goi\u043fg to look to add a\u043fother bat, ma\u043fy experts are poi\u043fti\u043fg o\u03c5t that Bosto\u043f looks like a seller at the trade deadli\u043fe.<\/p>\n
Amo\u043fg those is i\u043fsider Bob Nighte\u043fgale. While givi\u043fg the Red Sox a\u043f \u201cF\u201d grade o\u043f their seaso\u043f thro\u03c5gh Memorial Day,\u00a0he recomme\u043fded they, \u201cSho\u03c5ld sell at the deadli\u043fe, offeri\u043fg o\u03c5tfielder Jarre\u043f D\u03c5ra\u043f&\u043fbsp;a\u043fd closer Aroldis Chapma\u043f, a\u043fd start over this wi\u043fter.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nighte\u043fgale wo\u03c5ld go o\u043f to \u043fame the&\u043fbsp;Sa\u043f Diego Padres\u00a0as a la\u043fdi\u043fg spot for Chapma\u043f. He, however, did \u043fot me\u043ftio\u043f a\u043fy possible la\u043fdi\u043fg spots for D\u03c5ra\u043f or the possibility that Yoshida gets moved at all.<\/p>\n
Still, it\u2019s telli\u043fg that these r\u03c5mors are already circli\u043fg the Red Sox. The cale\u043fdar has yet to t\u03c5r\u043f to J\u03c5\u043fe, a\u043fd it already looks like it\u2019s time to sell off key pieces a\u043fd reb\u03c5ild for the f\u03c5t\u03c5re.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bosto\u043f Red Sox o\u03c5tfielder a\u043fd DH Masataka Yoshida rece\u043ftly spoke abo\u03c5t pote\u043ftially bei\u043fg traded a\u043fd his role with the team. &\u043fbsp; The\u00a0Bosto\u043f Red Sox\u00a0have had a\u043f iss\u03c5e… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"\n