The Red Sox are open to moving outfielder Andrew Benintendi for the right package. According to The Athletic’s Jim Bowden, the Marlins have made an attempt to acquire him. Based on the phrasing of Bowden’s report—“were one of the teams engaged in trade talks”—he sounds unsure of whether the negotiations are active or if they have reached an impasse. Regardless, this is an situation worth exploring on Fish Stripes.
The 26-year-old Benintendi is a .273/.353/.435 career hitter (108 wRC+) through parts of five MLB seasons. He was once touted by some evaluators as the very best prospect in baseball and was seemingly on his way to justifying that hype in 2018, performing at an All-Star-caliber level (4.