This bucket of icy water interrupts the Fenway Park Good Feelings Tour: It appears like the MLB trade deadline is a strong seller’s market, and it wouldn’t be a job for Craig Breslow if he didn’t attempt to take advantage of it.
across the next five weeks, there will be clamour to add from all across the field, particularly if the Red Sox continue to dominate what was supposed to be the hardest part of their schedule. With Alex Cora holding the conductor’s baton and Tanner Houck, Jarren Duran, and Connor Wong developing into potential All-Stars, the Red Sox have earned the right to push management to make a move and bring in a player who can contribute right away, something they haven’t done since acquiring Kyle Schwarber at the 2021 trade deadline.
However, trading marketplaces do not form in a vacuum. There are other things to think about, such as: What if, only months after the 84-win Diamondbacks stormed to the World Series, nearly the whole National League is still in the wild card race? What happens if clubs that are below.500, such as the Rangers and Astros, eventually return to the race for first place? What if this is the best time ever to maximise the profits on upcoming free agents like right-hander Nick Pivetta, outfielder Tyler O’Neill, and closer Kenley Jansen?
For Breslow, this is the year to make bold decisions since, more often than not, the Red Sox terminate their baseball executives in Year 4, not Year 1. If former manager Chaim Bloom had made the decision to sign veterans like Nathan Eovaldi, J.D. Martinez, and even Xander Bogaerts instead of letting them all essentially walk for nothing, just think of how much better off the team may be.
Breslow came in with the promise to play aggressively, and I’ve always believed it required moving veterans off the squad while they were still valuable. After all, Bloom’s destiny was finally decided by the ambiguous trade deadline from the previous year.
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