The Boston Red Sox are facing a critical shortage at the catcher position, particularly with Connor Wong injured and previous top prospect Kyle Teel traded away for Garrett Crochet. To address this gap, the team might consider trading All-Star pitcher Tanner Houck to acquire Samuel Basallo, the Baltimore Orioles' top catching prospect. This trade could benefit both teams, meeting the Red Sox's need for a catcher and providing the Orioles with a talented pitcher as they seek to strengthen their rotation.
But the Red Sox have one serious need - a catcher. The organization's catching pipeline offers very little after they traded their top prospect at the position, Kyle Teel, to the Chicago White Sox as part of a package that brought back lefty ace Garrett Crochet.
What do the Orioles have to offer, if they wanted to extract Houck from the Red Sox? As it happens, their organizational No. 1 prospect is a catcher. A straight up swap of Houck - who will earn a reasonable $3.95 million this year with two more seasons of team control - for the highly ranked prospect Basallo would serve the needs of both the Red Sox and the Orioles.
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