Red Sox Urged To Acquire Two

The Boston Red Sox are expected to add a starter to help solidify the rotation.

Boston’s rotation is solid, backed by Garrett Crochet, but the Red Sox are looking to add an impact starter to go behind the left-hander. MLB insider Jim Bowden of The Athletic urges Boston to acquire Freddy Peralta from the Milwaukee Brewers.

Bowden also believes pulling off a trade for Peralta is more likely than acquiring Joe Ryan, whose name has also come up in trade rumors.

“The Red Sox are likely to prefer to trade for a starter rather than spend lavishly on the free-agent market,” Bowden wrote , in a piece published on Thursday. “Especially given the young pitching talent they have either just debuting in the big leagues, such as Payton Tolle, Hunter Dobbins, and Connelly Early, or on the horizon, s