Red Sox Trade for Alvarez to Spark Power Surge

0:00On April 23rd, the Boston Red Sox are off to a rough start in the 2026 season, sitting dead last in baseball with just 13 home runs through 24 games. They're scoring a week 3.75 runs per game, ranking 26 league wide, and their team batting average is a dismal 0.2. 2.6 with a 0.310 on base percentage. Without popping the lineup, they're not contending anytime soon. Internally, the power isn't clicking yet. Wilson Contreras and Walear Abrayu have hit seven of those 13 homeers combined, but guys like Trevor Story and Roman Anthony are producing. 20 plus bombs, like expected. Down in AAA Worcester, nobody's dominating with more than three homeers from any prospect. Analysts are buzzing about a bold fix, trading for Houston's Jordan Alvarez, the American league's top hitter this year. He's slashing 0.347 with a 0.466 on base, 0.779 slugging, 11 homeers, 26 RBI's and A.

1:04League leading 1.245 OPS in 26 games. Alvarez is only 28, locked into a 6 year 115 million dollar deal with two seasons left after this one. Houston has zero reason to move their MVP candidate, but if they did, Boston could dangle outfielder Jaren Duran, D.H. Masataka Yoshida, and top. Prospects like Franklin Arias, or Kaisen Witherspoon, to spark interest. This kind of slugger could flip the Red Sox script, smashing close games and powering up for a deep run, especially against rivals like the Yankees. This has been MLB News Today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the Story.