Red Sox trading for Corey Seager would just be inviting a familiar problem

With the Texas Rangers interested in trading Corey Seager at the GM Meetings (per The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal), the Boston Red Sox have emerged in the discourse as a possible landing spot (as have the New York Yankees). Boston has been linked to Seager before, and it's notable that Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow hasn't publicly committed to Trevor Story as the club's everyday shortstop in 2027.

In name and reputation, switching out Story for Seager might sound like a clear upgrade, but it's not. First of all, Story has 10-5 rights; moving him wouldn't be a piece of cake.

But the stronger element for avoiding a Seager trade lies with Seager himself, who's been just as…