OK, so Stats said "Weirdest one with Sean Murphy, Wilyer Abreu, pitching, and prospects." What would that actually look like?
I'm going to use the BTV surplus value numbers as a shorthand. BTV has Sean Murphy as -16.1. Presumably the appeal here is that the Sox and Braves see his bounceback potential differently. If we could get a RHH catcher who is actually a viable 5/6 hitter, as Murphy has sometimes been, that would be huge. He was great against LHP in 22–23. (Bad against everyone in 2024.)
Chris Sale is not coming back. Spencer Strider is a +175, so... untradeable. But the other Spencer, Schwellenbach, is a +33. He'll turn 25 next season, has less than one year of service time, and just threw a very nice 120 IP in Atlanta. That's not a name-brand ace, but it's definitely a guy who could crack the front half of our rotation. I wouldn't hate that as an acquisition. I'd assume that BTV's surplus value number for Schwellenbach is a bit light, but it's what we have for these purposes.
Wilyer is at +28.9, so he is probably more valuable than Schwellenbach + Murphy. But I'd imagine we want the Braves to pitch in some money to defray Murphy's implosion risk, so something like Murphy, Schwellenbach, and a moderate amount of money for Wilyer and a lesser prospect or two from our 8-25 range could be a plausible win-win deal.