COMMENTARY
Playing nine innings while assuming a lot of Red Sox fans are going to be rooting for Mitch Moreland and the “Slam Diego” Padres the rest of the way …
1. Our official Red Sox trade deadline summary: I like all of the trades. I thought they’d do more. And there’s one thing I’m really glad they didn’t do.
Had the Red Sox traded Xander Bogaerts — a 27-year-old two-time All-Star who does everything right off the field, signed for a bargain rate, and should be the face of the post-Mookie Red Sox for at least the next half-dozen years — there would have been no logical reason whatsoever for fans to invest any time or faith in this organization.