Craig Breslow’s comments show Red Sox will fail at MLB trade deadline originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Certain teams around Major League Baseball need to be very smart at this year’s trade deadline.
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One of those teams is the Boston Red Sox, who have absolutely no reason to go out and make moves to improve their roster. I know that the Red Sox aren’t as far away as it might seem, and one could argue that if a few things go the right way over the next few months, they can be a Wild Card playoff team, but I think it’s absolutely insane to even think about adding players when they’ve played as poorly as they have throughout the season.
That’s why I’m a bit concerned about Craig Breslow‘s recent comments. Breslow, who should be on the hot seat more than anybody in baseball at the moment, went as far as to say that he needs to see how things are trending before the deadline before he makes a decision.
I don’t care if the Red Sox win 10 games in a row, I don’t think anything has suggested that this team needs to be buyers at the deadline.
“Where we are right now is there’s still a lot of games to be played between now and then, and more important than looking at most teams in the standings,” Breslow said, H/.T Heavy. “Right now, it’s most important to figure out how to play our best baseball. How to win more games and put ourselves in a better position… It’s kind of more art than science as you approach the deadline, because you need to think about where you are and where other teams are, but also kind of how you’re trending, right?”
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While I don’t think that the Red Sox have any business adding players and need to trade guys, I can see a scenario in which it makes some sense to at least keep a couple of players around for the long term.
To me, moving on from Aroldis Chapman would make sense, but if the Red Sox decide to keep him, I can at least understand the reasoning if they plan to compete next year. Still, they have no business worrying about adding at the deadline, even if things go as planned before August.
