After getting swept in Minnesota this week, the Boston Red Sox have fallen into last place in their lackluster division with a record that stands five games below the .500 mark. We are now past the quarter pole of the season, beyond the point where we can brush off the team’s struggles with the sentiment that it’s “too early.”
The disappointing results thus far have Red Sox Nation clamoring to shake things up. General manager Ben Cherington isn’t blind to the fact that changes need to be made, but while he acknowledged that he has been monitoring the trade market, he also stressed the need to look internally first.