With Tarik Skubal trade rumors starting to percolate, every contender in the league is beginning to salivate, dreaming about what the ace lefty would do for their 2026 World Series aspirations. None, however, may be better positioned to pull off such a blockbuster than the Boston Red Sox.
The experts no longer rank Boston's farm system among the league's upper echelon, but the reason behind that is prospect graduations and not a thinning of depth or quality.
Instead, it is the progression of Boston's top young assets that will have the Tigers' ears perking up, as they look to extract maximum value in exchange for one of the game's true elites.