Going into today's MLB Trade Deadline, I think that most sane Red Sox (12-23) fans wanted them to consider offers for anybody currently on the team not named Xander Bogaerts or Rafael Devers. While the last few weeks have brought some interesting trade rumors involving many of Boston's veteran players (J.D. Martinez, Jackie Bradley Jr., Andrew Benintendi, Nathan Eovaldi and Christian Vazquez to name a few) those guys all still remain on the team for the rest of this pointless season. The Red Sox farm system has been a mess for years and while they addressed that a bit with the Workman/Hembree and Moreland trades in the past week, it felt like there was more work to be done to bring in more young talent.
The only other moves made by the Red Sox' Chief Baseball Officer Chaim Bloom were trading outfielder Kevin Pillar to Colorado for a player to be named or cash considerations and 2019-20 international slot money. Bloom also dumped an awful reliever named Josh Osich-who I'd be shocked if you've ever heard of this nobody-to the Cubs for a player to be named or cash considerations. As a 31-year-old that signed here on Valentine's Day, Pillar was never destined to stay in a Red Sox uniform for very long. He's a borderline Gold Glove candidate every year and he actually got off to a pretty decent start at the plate in 2020, hitting .274/.325/.796 (which are all above his career averages) with four home runs, 13 RBIs and 20 runs with 32 hits in 117 at bats.
I didn't expect much of a return for Pillar but the fact that the Red Sox got anything for Osich is a minor miracle. Boston got back on the losing track this evening with a 6-3 setback against Atlanta (20-14) in their series opener at Fenway Park. The possibility of some juicy trades made the last few weeks somewhat fun for the Red Sox but for these last 25 games of the regular season, I genuinely have no valid reason for why you should pay any attention to them-not that you were in the first place-anytime soon.
No comments:
Post a Comment