Crazy 7-team MLB trade idea involves Phillies’ Alec Bohm, Marlins’ Sandy Alcantara with Red Sox, Rangers, Guardians, Diamondbacks and Twins
No better time than Black Friday to come up with a crazy deal.
That’s what MLB.com’s Anthony Castrovince has done in a new article, in which he pitches a seven-team trade that would involve the Philadelphia Phillies, Miami Marlins, Boston Red Sox, Texas Rangers, Cleveland Guardians, Arizona Diamondbacks and Minnesota Twins.
Unlikely? Of course.
But it’s fun to think about.
In the trade idea, the Red Sox would get slugging first baseman Jake Burger from the Rangers.
The Rangers would get catcher Ryan Jeffers from the Twins.
The Marlins would get first baseman Triston Casas from the Red Sox.
The Diamondbacks would get right-handed pitcher Sandy Alcantara from the Marlins.
The Guardians would land third baseman Alec Bohm from the Phillies.
The Phillies would get centerfielder Alek Thomas from the Diamondbacks and righty prospect Braylon Doughty from the Guardians.
And the Twins would get infield prospect LuJames Groover from the Diamondbacks and outfield prospect Aaron Walton from the Guardians.
“I was on such a roll constructing bad trades involving more than two teams that I figured I might as well go for the record for most teams involved in a single trade (good or bad),” Castrovince writes. “The current record, as far as I know, is four teams. This seven-team spectacular (?) blows past it … and solves (?) a lot of roster questions in the process.”
The NBA did have a seven-team trade in the offseason that was really a bunch of different teams combining deals into one for various salary reasons.
This would be even wilder, because it involves a lot of moves that couldn’t happen without all the other teams involved.
But hey, never say never.
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