Wacha has a 2.69 ERA despite only so-so Statcast measurements, while Hill continues to limit hard contract despite his underwhelming velocity. Though both are on the IL, they’re likely to return fairly soon. Michael Wacha/Rich Hill, SP - Signed to one-year deals this offseason, both Wacha and Hill have pitched well enough to help a contender. Willson Contreras seems to be the top catching option on the trade market, but Vázquez could be the second-best pure rental behind the plate.ĥ-6. Vázquez has rebounded at the plate (higher OPS+ than when he hit 23 homers in 2019) and remains one of the game’s more durable backstops (fifth-most innings behind the plate this season). Christian Vázquez, C - Despite the fact he was coming off a down year in 2021, the Red Sox picked up a $7 million option for this season, and it’s proven to be a good investment. If the Red Sox make him available, Eovaldi would be one of the best pure rental rotation options on the market.Ĥ. Nathan Eovaldi, SP - Friday’s debacle against the Blue Jays caused his ERA to jump from 3.34 to 4.30, but for most of the season, Eovaldi has performed at a pace similar to 2021 when he was a top-five Cy Young finisher (more home runs this year, but everything else has been pretty similar). ESPN reported that Martinez has come up in trade talks.ģ. According to Cots Contracts, he can block a trade to three teams, which is surely not enough to stand in the way if the Red Sox really want to move him. The only other time he was traded at the deadline, Martinez basically carried the Diamondbacks for two-and-a-half months. He’s not hitting for his usual power, but Martinez remains one of the game’s best designated hitters, and his overall numbers are still good. Five years later, his final act for the Red Sox could be bringing back prospects at the deadline.
Martinez, DH - He arrived in 2018 as the final piece of a championship roster. Bloom might be willing to sell, but after his public comments, would he really be willing to go this far, even considering what Bogaerts might bring in return?Ģ. Trading Bogaerts would be a true white flag of surrender and a punch to the gut of an already frustrated fan base. So, if the Red Sox decide to sell, their face of the franchise could be on the block - with the caveat that Chaim Bloom spoke on NESN before Tuesday’s game and said he had not discussed trading Bogaerts or Rafael Devers and did not plan to. Xander Bogaerts, SS - His opt out is inevitable, and extension talks have gone nowhere. If the team is going to sell, it makes sense to start with some combination of these 10.ġ. These are the players heading to the open market, which means their remaining Red Sox value is pretty much limited to the next two months or whatever the team can get for them at the trade deadline. 3, and who will be helping another team chase a meaningful October? Some would be easy to lose, others devastating. Some, of course, are more likely to go than others. That’s basically 40 big-league players who could - at least to some extent - become trade chips if the Red Sox decide to sell. The expanded playoffs, perhaps, keep the Red Sox from needing to give up completely, but at this point, some level of trade deadline sale - whether a little or a lot - feels far more prudent than an all-out pursuit of an unlikely championship.Īs of the start of play Tuesday, the Red Sox had 26 players on their active roster and another 14 on the injured list. With the Orioles winning Tuesday, the Red Sox have again fallen to last place in the division, and the trade deadline is less than a week away.ĭoes that seem like a team that’s in a position to buy or sell? They’ve won only six times in July, and the month ends in five days. They lost ground in the wild-card race (again), committed a costly error (again), and fell to. The Red Sox lost again, 8-3, this time to the Cleveland Guardians. Monday’s win was a nice change of pace, but Tuesday was a bit more familiar.
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