Yes, we’ve already covered the trade rumors about the Royals and Jarren Duran. But one thing that has persistently been raised in the rumor mill since mid-season is that the Red Sox want Cole Ragans to be a part of a deal in which they’d give up Duran. So it makes sense to revisit what a trade for Duran might look like with that in mind. Here are a few options.

A “fair” trade

This was the first trade I came up with while I was playing with the Baseball Trade Values tool, and it’s one the website would consider “fair.” I brought it up to my podcast co-host, Jacob Milham, in our latest episode. He suggested subbing in Payton Tolle for Bello instead, which would raise this to a slight overpay on BTV, but not unreasonably so. Feel free to substitute Tolle’s name in your own mind.

Why the Ro

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