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Dodgers given 'high' chance of landing future Red Sox Hall of Famer

Nairavoice · Jul 9, 2026 · 2 min read

Dodgers given ‘high’ chance of landing future Red Sox Hall of Famer originally appeared on The Sporting News.
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There’s no debate that the Boston Red Sox are going to do something at this year’s trade deadline. The only question remaining for the Red Sox is whether they will look to sell, buy, or anything in between.

There’s a sense that Boston could do a bit of both, and that would make sense. One player in particular who seems all but guaranteed to be traded is Aroldis Chapman, with certain teams around Major League Baseball making perfect sense as potential suitors.

One of them recently floated was the Los Angeles Dodgers, as Los Angeles continues to look for help in its bullpen.

“Boston has suddenly started looking more like the team we expected all year, and while they dug themselves quite a hole to climb out of, they’re now just four games out of the final Wild Card spot in the AL.

“But I think a Chapman trade might be in the cards regardless of whether Craig Breslow decides to buy or sell: He’ll be a free agent this winter, and the Red Sox bullpen should be okay without him, allowing the team to patch holes elsewhere without pulling the plug on what could still be a meaningful season. And given the dearth of other relief options available, the offers should be substantial,” Chris Landers wrote.

As we saw over the past year or so, the Dodgers have done a really good job building a roster. However, there have also been moments when this team has been derailed by injuries.

That’s something that will have to be factored in at this year’s deadline, and part of the reason why I think it makes a lot of sense to go after a guy like Chapman.

He might be expensive for a reliever in terms of what Los Angeles has to give up, but considering it wants to win a World Series and go back-to-back-to-back, I don’t think that will matter too much for Andrew Friedman and his Dodgers squad.