“The Sox’s biggest need is a top-of-the-rotation starter,” Rosenthal wrote. “If they come away with Soto, they might prefer to complement him with a trade for the Chicago White Sox’s Garrett Crochet, who will earn a projected $2.9 million in arbitration and remain under club control through 2026.”

The Boston Red Sox could lose out on Juan Soto and more thanks to the contract Aroldis Chapman just received from Craig Breslow.

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