It doesn’t hurt to ask but teams should expect the Boston Red Sox to politely decline when they inquire about the availability of outfielder Andrew Benintendi.
According to ESPN’s Jeff Passan, Benintendi has been a “popular ask” from teams approaching the Red Sox about a potential trade.
The mention of Benintendi came in the midst of discussing Boston’s desire to shed payroll by trading away one of their high-priced starting pitchers – either David Price or Nathan Eovaldi. Passan suggests that Boston would need to attach a sweetener to the deal in order to entice a team to take on either of those bloated contracts.