Red Sox trade rumors should lead to deal with National League contender originally appeared on The Sporting News.
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The Boston Red Sox have a few guys on the roster who don’t play a ton, including veteran utility man Isiah Kiner-Falefa.
Kiner-Falefa has just 42 at-bats on the season, with zero home runs, three stolen bases, eight strikeouts, and three walks. He’s hitting just .214 this season.
While the Hawaii native has never been a star player by any means, there’s also a reason why he’s been in the league since 2018. Teams typically value guys who can play multiple positions, and he’s exactly that.
That’s why the latest prediction of him being traded makes a lot of sense, and there’s one team in particular that could use him more than others. That team is the Milwaukee Brewers, who are definitely searching for some help in the infield.
“As seemed to already be the case when this signing was announced, Boston hasn’t had a whole lot of use for this light-hitting utilityman. If and when they call Kristian Campbell back up at some point, the Red Sox would have even less use for IKF. They presumably won’t be able to get much for him other than a bit of salary relief, but that’s not nothing,” Kerry Miller of BR wrote.
The Brewers typically don’t like to spend money, so going the cheaper route with a player like Kiner-Falefa would make a lot of sense.
Not only would he have an opportunity to get more at-bats than he does in Boston, but he’d also go to a team that has a chance to make the postseason, as the Red Sox don’t seem to be that right now.
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