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As
Chaim Bloom tries to fit his owner's 'square peg' salary cap mandate into the 'round hole' of his very expensive roster, talk of trading
David Price is gaining steam. The latest suitor is the Los Angeles, Anaheim, Orange County, California, United States, North America, Earth, Milky Way Angels. After acquiring super-star third-baseman
Anthony Rendon, the Halos whiffed on multiple free-agent starting pitchers. So, despite his hefty remaining contract and iffy health issues, Price is now an 'attractive' trade target. The key is how much salary the Red Sox will eat of the remaining $96 million of salary Price is owed over the next three years. Given Bloom's dilemma, he will
probably opt for eating
less salary and getting some stumble-bum crappy prospects in return. This would, essentially, be a pure salary dump and would buy Boston one more year of
Mookie Betts—but, frankly, Sox fans, he's likely
outta here after that. Get used to it.
