The Boston Red Sox are adamant about trimming the payroll in order to fall beneath the luxury tax line but they also have holes to fill on the roster that they’ll need to spend money on. The only way to balance the budget is by trading away expensive veterans and Jackie Bradley Jr. is one of the top candidates to be moved this offseason.
Bradley is projected to earn $11 million in his final year of arbitration before hitting free agency next year. The Red Sox haven’t shown any signs of making him a priority to retain long-term, leading many to believe he could be traded now rather than letting him walk for nothing in a year.