"As the Red Sox look to add power to their lineup, they've talked internally about the possibility of signing Eugenio Suárez and held some talks with his camp, Alex Speier of the Boston Globe reports. The team's interest in Suárez is all the more notable with the market's top slugger, Kyle Schwarber, off the board on a five-year that'll keep in Philadelphia. The Red Sox were known to have interest in Schwarber."
"He hit .228/.298/.526 on the season as a whole, though that production was weighed down a bit by some struggles in the immediate aftermath of a trade from Arizona back to Seattle. Suárez stumbled out of the gate in his return to the Emerald City, slashing an anemic .141/.188/.266 in his first 69 plate appearances. To some extent, he turned things around thereafter, popping 11 homers over his final 151 plate appearances, but he did so with a huge strikeout rate and sub-.300 OBP."
The Red Sox have pursued Eugenio Suárez and held talks with his camp as they seek to add power after Kyle Schwarber signed elsewhere. Suárez is considered a fallback option at third base if Alex Bregman signs elsewhere and a potential first-base or designated hitter piece. Suárez, 34, hit 49 homers last season but posted a .228/.298/.526 slash line and suffered an immediate post-trade slump, hitting .141/.188/.266 in his first 69 plate appearances before improving. Suárez offers prodigious power alongside high strikeout rates and a declining walk rate, complicating his on-base value. Limited experience at first base makes a full-time move there unlikely without changes to the roster.
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