Red Sox getting calls on starting pitchers

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — A day after securing the stud pitcher on the trade market in Chris Sale, Red Sox president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski found a common theme in the phone calls he was receiving from other teams.

“We have had a lot of phone calls on our pitchers today, and different ones,” said Dombrowski. “But we’re just kind of sitting back at this point and kind of collecting thought processes. But I can’t say we’re aggressively looking to do something. We’re really more digesting what’s taking place. I think if we wanted to aggressively make a deal, we could definitely do that.”

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The Red Sox have seven starting pitchers for five rotation spots. Steven Wright, Drew Pomeranz and Clay Buchholz are pitchers who could be moved if the right offer came along. It’s doubtful Boston would part with Eduardo Rodriguez, given his upside, remaining Minor League option and the fact that he isn’t arbitration-eligible until 2019.

More likely, the Red Sox will let the rest of the market play out, and offer up one of their pitchers later in the winter when their value is …

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