The Boston Red Sox have surfaced in the Liam Hicks market with a day left before the 2026 Major League Baseball trade deadline, putting the Miami Marlins catcher into one of the deadline's cleaner reads. Hicks, 27, has become part of the offensive trade conversation as Boston looks at catcher help and the Marlins listen.
That matters now because the deadline arrives Monday, and Hicks is not being treated like a fringe name. Ken Rosenthal and Will Sammon reported that Boston has shown interest in him, while 's Jeff Passan had already mentioned Hicks earlier in the week as an option for the Red Sox. Passan also floated a possible package built around Hicks and Otto López, which showed how quickly the discussion moved from general fit to actual trade structure.
The reporting also points to how Miami is valuing its options. Rosenthal and Sammon said the Marlins are discussing Hicks more actively than Otto López and Xavier Edwards, which suggests Hicks is not merely a throw-in for a larger deal. He is under team control through the 2030 season, so any team that moves now would be paying for more than a rental. That kind of control usually keeps the asking price from getting light, especially when a club is still deciding how hard to push into deadline negotiations.
There is also a clear line between interest and a deal. Rosenthal and Sammon reported that the Tampa Bay Rays and the Boston Red Sox are among the teams interested in Hicks, but the New York Yankees are not involved in the talks. That leaves Boston and Tampa Bay as the names to watch, and it narrows the picture around a player who has gone from background chatter to a real deadline target in a matter of days.
What Miami wants back is still the unanswered part that will decide whether Hicks moves. With the Red Sox also linked to catcher, shortstop and bullpen options, the team can keep working several lanes at once, but Hicks is now close enough to the center of the market that the price will matter as much as the fit. If the Marlins set the bar too high, Boston can pivot. If they settle on the right return, Hicks becomes one of the deadline pieces that changes hands Monday.
