The Red Sox were included as a potential destination in a Paul Skenes trade this summer by Jim Bowden for a package featuring Roman Anthony.

The Chicago Cubs could potentially use this prospect trade package to convince the Pittsburgh Pirates to trade Paul Skenes.

R.J. Anderson: This is the kind of scenario that's interesting to game out, but that has zero chance of being deployed by an actual team. Any general manager who already gives up on building around Skenes, when he's not even arbitration eligible, may as well pack up their office while they're at it.