Part of the reason I had the Boston Red Sox infield on the mind this morning when talking about Kristian Campbell’s failure to stick as their second baseman last year is, obviously, the possible connection to the Cubs. There’s been a connection there going back, really, to last offseason, with both clubs pursuing Alex Bregman to play third base, which would necessarily impact the way each club constructed their infield at the time. Then you had the re-pursuit this offseason, and the possibility that the Red Sox losing Bregman would point them in the direction of the Cubs and the trade market – plus all the overlap that happened in between.
To be sure, I still would bet against anything happening between the two clubs from here, but it’s been impossible to leave the Matt Shaw/Nico Hoerner/Red Sox topic completely behind (especially when, like I said, I happened to be reading about Campbell anyway, and it just all came back up in my brain).
It’s also impossible to leave it completely when it keeps coming up out of Boston:
"I look at Matt Shaw."?As the Red Sox explore remaining options on the market, @bradfo has his eyes on the 24-year-old power-hitting third baseman. pic.twitter.com/Zz2RoUDHUo
— Jones & Keefe (@JonesandKeefe) January 29, 2026It is still all on the speculative side of things, and the Cubs are undoubtedly happy to keep Shaw as their utility man this year. But I do understand why, if you’re examining the situation from the Red Sox’s perspective, the trade fit looks so obvious.
But Bradford isn’t the only one in the last 24 hours, either.
Here’s Jen McCaffrey at The Athletic:
“For that reason, free-agent third basemen Eugenio Suárez (minus-4 Outs Above Average in 2025) and Houston trade candidate Isaac Paredes (minus-3 OAA) are less than ideal fits ….
Meanwhile, a team source indicated a preference for Marcelo Mayer to start at third base over second base. The rookie infielder took over third last season after Bregman’s injury and filled in admirably. Staying on the same side of the infield would help the 23-year-old, a natural shortstop, make a transition back to short smoother once Trevor Story’s deal is up following the 2027 season.
If Mayer is the leading candidate at third base, the Red Sox may be targeting a strong defensive second baseman.
The Chicago Cubs’ Nico Hoerner and Matt Shaw remain as trade options, particularly after the Cubs signed Bregman. Both could provide strong defense at second base — particularly Hoerner, who posted 14 OAA last season at the position. But any package for either player is likely to begin with either Tolle or Early in addition to another top prospect, and that asking price may be too high.”
That’s been discussed before – the idea of the Cubs getting Payton Tolle or Connelly Early for Nico Hoerner or Matt Shaw – and it has always felt like a “sure, if the Red Sox want to get crazy, let’s talk – but they probably won’t” situation. If I had to guess, the Cubs probably let the Red Sox know one way or another that a trade for an infielder is going to start with Tolle or Early and build from there, and that’s why nothing has happened. The Cubs set the price absurdly high and have probably stuck to it, since they have no reason not to.
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