Boston Red Sox
“‘Look, we’re prepared to tackle cash. We’re prepared to pay some huge cash.'”
The Pink Sox’ offensive woes have been well-documented thus far.
Coming into Wednesday’s residence sport in opposition to the Orioles, Boston ranks simply twenty seventh general in runs scored (233) and twenty ninth in residence runs (44).
The Pink Sox have additionally did not capitalize on enjoying at Fenway Park — one among MLB’s greatest hitters’ ballparks — this yr. Past their unpleasant 9-20 report at residence, Boston has scored two runs or fewer in 15 of their 29 video games at Fenway this season.
And with Boston persevering with to flounder on the backside of the AL East, Pink Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow is perhaps pondering a extra drastic transfer — properly forward of the August 3 commerce deadline.
“What I’ve heard at the moment is, it’s not simply that they’re in search of a right-handed hitter, they’re aggressively in search of a right-handed hitter and signaling to the business, ‘Look, we’re prepared to tackle cash. We’re prepared to pay some huge cash,’” ESPN’s Buster Olney mentioned on “Simply Baseball Media” on Wednesday. “Which, in fact, raises the query, why didn’t you simply pay Alex Bregman and pay the additional cash?
“However the best way that is being interpreted in different organizations is: Man, there’s some desperation setting in there in Boston due to this ugly begin, how poorly they’re enjoying at residence, successful a 3rd of their video games, struggling offensively and understanding they’ve an imbalance of their lineup.”
Regardless that MLB’s scorching range remains to be no less than a month away from heating up, Olney famous that Breslow helped jumpstart the market final yr by dealing away Rafael Devers in June 2025.
“What the Pink Sox are saying is we actually wish to get a right-handed hitter, and we’re prepared to pay huge {dollars} for them,” Olney added. “And keep in mind final yr, Craig Breslow was capable of pull off that Devers commerce comparatively early within the season. Perhaps he can do one thing, and it is perhaps a case the place the Pink Sox are prepared to tackle a nasty contract with the intention to get right-handed hitter.”
After both whiffing on a number of free-agent targets like Kyle Schwarber, Pete Alonso, and Eugenio Suárez — or just letting Bregman stroll in free company — the Pink Sox are actually paying the value for failing so as to add one other impression bat of their lineup alongside Willson Contreras.
If Boston is realistically taking over a nasty contract — and prepared to surrender property within the course of — with the intention to add some potential pop to the lineup, there are a number of potential choices on the market.
- Giants SS Willy Adames (7-year, $182 million contract signed in Dec. 2024)
- Giants 3B Matt Chapman (6-year, $151 million contract signed in Sept. 2024)
- Mets 3B Bo Bichette (3-year, $126 million contract signed in Jan. 2026)
- Padres OF/INF Fernando Tatis Jr. (14-year, $340 million contract signed in Feb. 2021)
Most of these trades current loads of threat past the fiscal dedication that the Pink Sox must tackle, with a number of of these targets both mired in down years or probably declining at this stage of their respective careers.
However with few choices accessible for the Pink Sox at this juncture of the season, Breslow and Co. would possibly get determined in hopes {that a} new addition may give this membership a lift at Fenway transferring ahead.
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