The Hot Stove is heating up and if Boston Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow doesn’t make a move soon, he could end up getting scorched in free agency.

The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal reports the Pittsburgh Pirates have made Philadelphia Phillies designated hitter Kyle Schwarber a four-year contract offer. According to Rosenthal, “the offer almost certainly is for more than $100 million.”

“The Pirates remain a long shot to sign Schwarber, whose most likely landing spot remains his previous team, the Philadelphia Phillies,” Rosenthal adds. “The Boston Red Sox are among the other big-market clubs with known interest in him.

“The Cincinnati Reds, Schwarber’s hometown team, also are making a push. Schwarber is from Middletown, Ohio, about 35 miles north of Cincinnati,” Rosent

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