Figured this could use its own thread.
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017/11/giants-interested-in-acquiring-jackie-bradley-jr.html
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017/11/giants-interested-in-acquiring-jackie-bradley-jr.html
I'll pull the two follow up posts from the new thread in here as well:The Giants are interested in acquiring Red Sox center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr., according to Jon Morosi of MLB Network (Twitter link). Bradley is one of “many” outfielders the Giants are eyeing, notes Morosi, who reported Friday that they have discussed right fielder Giancarlo Stanton with the Marlins.
If they are acquiring another outfielder (via FA or trade) I could get behind a JBJ for Chris Shaw swap. I'd like to see another lotto ticket style prospect added to the package coming from SF, but Shaw steps in as the 1st baseman (probably in late May or so) giving them another cost controlled player with pop.
He just hit 24 HR with an .871 OPS across AA and AAA last year (only 37 of those games were in AAA), so he's nearly ready. You could start the season with Hanley at 1st, a FA or trade acquisition in LF with Benintendi in CF and Brentz as the primary DH, then move Shaw to 1st and Hanley to DH, moving Brentz to the bench with a second catcher (Leon or Swihart), Nunez (or another piece of infield depth) and maybe a defensive specialist like Marrero or Lin. That's a pretty deep and versatile bench.
Shaw was number 86 on BA's midseason top 100, so even with the strong full season he's likely not much better than a top 50-ish prospect. Shouldn't be a prohibitive ask if SF is serious about acquiring JBJ.
With the plethora of FA 1Bs available, I'd think it more likely that the Sox would be looking at this as a 3-way where the prospect(s) they get for JBJ get flipped for Stanton, maybe with another lower Sox guy thrown in.