Red Sox's Kristian Campbell Predicted To Be 'Odd Man Out'

The Boston Red Sox are going to have to wait a few months until their next game. Spring Training won't be here until February and the Red Sox won't begin the 2026 regular season until March.

It's going to be a long few months and Boston has plenty of decisions to make. This doesn't just mean Alex Bregman and the starting rotation. Most of the noise out there will be speculation about which free agents or guys on the trade block would fit with Boston, but would about the internal pieces already with the team?

One guy who specifically will be worth watching this offseason is young utility man Kristian Campbell. He made the jump to the big leagues before his fellow "Big 3" members in Roman Anthony and Marcelo Mayer. Campbell looked like a star out of the gate as a rookie last year before a slump hit and he was sent down to the minors in June never to be called up again.

Campbell began the 2025 season as the Red Sox's starting second baseman. That decision in itself brought issues with Bregman not moving over and therefore Rafael Devers moving to designated hitter. We all know how that went at this point. He saw time in the outfield as well. Down in the minors, Campbell played all over, including first base. But, he was primarily used as an outfielder down the stretch for the Triple-A Worcester Red Sox.

What a difference a few months makes, though. Campbell burst onto the scene for Boston and played well enough that he earned an eight-year, $60 million deal. Now, when discussing the offseason for Boston, ESPN's David Schoenfield predicted that if anyone is the "odd man out" for the Red Sox, it would be him and that he's the most likely to be traded.

Will the Red Sox move Kristian Campbell?