The Red Sox stood pat at the trade deadline Wednesday, as Dave Dombrowski had alluded to last month. There was little noise from the Boston camp while teams like the Washington Nationals and the Tampa Bay Rays went out and addressed needs.
Going into this stretch of games against American League East opponents, Tampa Bay and New York, there were questions if the Red Sox would go as far as even to sell. A 5-3 record over the past eight games has landed them in buy mode. Or so we thought.
There had been reported interest in Arizona Diamondbacks lefty Andrew Chafin on Tuesday, but there was little to no word on that on Wednesday.