{"id":739530,"date":"2026-06-30T15:21:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T15:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/739530\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T15:21:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T15:21:14","slug":"red-sox-news-links-are-the-red-sox-actually-trade-deadline-buyers-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/739530\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox News & Links: Are the Red Sox actually trade deadline buyers now?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Life comes at you fast. The Red Sox, in the midst of a five-game win streak, remain deep under .500. And in a world in which the owners hadn\u2019t spent the last 20 years devaluing the regular season in a blatant attempt to increase postseason revenue and justify slashing payroll, a team in the Red Sox\u2019 position wouldn\u2019t have any playoff hopes today. But this is 2026, and it\u2019s legitimately possible that the American League\u2019s third Wild Card could be swiped by a team that doesn\u2019t even reach the .500 mark. (Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic)<\/a><\/p>\n

Thus, the Red Sox, who looked dead and buried one week ago today, are now being called potential buyers at the trade deadline. Their biggest need is obvious: middle infield help. (Mark Feinsand, MLB.com)<\/a><\/p>\n

Right now the middle infield help is coming in the form of Anthony Seigler, who has started at second base for 10 games in a row. Seigler has bounced back and forth between AAA and the big leagues throughout his young career. What helped him get back to the majors this time was resuming something he\u2019d quit before: switch hitting. (Tim Healey, Boston Globe)<\/a><\/p>\n

We know where they certainly don\u2019t need help: the starting rotation. Red Sox starters have now thrown 12 straight quality starts, two shy of the club record set in 1988. \u201cThey\u2019ve been phenomenal,\u201d said Chad Tracy. \u201cIt\u2019s very similar to my initial time here when we weren\u2019t playing that well, but the starting pitching was so good that you always felt like you were going to look up in the sixth inning and think, \u2018We\u2019ve got a chance to win this game.\u2019 I don\u2019t think there\u2019s too many managers who wouldn\u2019t sign up for that.\u201d (Sean McAdam, MassLive)<\/a><\/p>\n

All the starters have contributed, but Payton Tolle in particular has been a big part of the streak. In fact, he now has teammates publicly lobbying to get him to the All-Star Game. \u201cJust being in that conversation is amazing, but that\u2019s kind of far out of mind for me,\u201d he said. \u201cI guess it doesn\u2019t mean anything until it actually happens.\u201d (Christopher Smith, MassLive)<\/a><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, Garrett Crochet won\u2019t be getting a second straight All-Star nod, and he continues to be frustrated by the mysteriously slow rehab process for what was initially thought to be a minor injury. While everyone involved still says there are no structural issues, they are now looking to last year to explain the injury. \u201cI was still kind of experiencing that hangover from last year, and once I started throwing again, maybe my mechanics just weren\u2019t in a great spot,\u201d said Crochet. \u201cAnd then as the buildup occurred, that just continued to get further from the norm.\u201d (Alex Speier, Boston Globe)<\/a><\/p>\n

But the Sox could be getting back another couple of lefty pitchers soon. Jovani Moran will make another rehab appearance tomorrow and then potentially rejoin the big league bullpen. Patrick Sandoval has one more rehab start scheduled and will be reassessed by July 4, when his 30-day rehab clock expires. (Christopher Smith, MassLive)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Life comes at you fast. The Red Sox, in the midst of a five-game win streak, remain deep…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":739531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2375],"tags":[5,141,48,2542,4,89,15409,2543],"class_list":["post-739530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boston-red-sox","tag-baseball","tag-boston","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-bostonredsox","tag-mlb","tag-red-sox","tag-red-sox-news","tag-redsox"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116839742441411786","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=739530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/739531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=739530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=739530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=739530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}