The Red Sox set the market on traded starting pitchers in November, when they gave up a starting pitcher years away from arbitration, a top-five prospect, and a player to be named later or cash in exchange for 36-year-old Sonny Gray with only one year of guaranteed team control left. It was an extraordinary and frankly ridiculous price, but it set the tone for the rest of the offseason.
The Cubs took it up a notch on Wednesday night, when they traded top prospect Owen Caissie and two infielders for Marlins starter Edward Cabrera, who had a respectable but not great 2025 season and has three years of team control left.