Red Sox senior Vice President of Baseball Operations Frank Wren is in Kansas City this weekend scouting talent. When Frank Wren is somewhere scouting talent, Dombrowski is in discussions on someone. Despite a league best 69-30 record, this Red Sox team has some significant flaws and needs to make some moves before the deadline. They have already signaled their willingness to go past the $237M final threshold and incur the heaviest penalties under the current CBA.
That means payroll won’t be a limiting factor over the next week or so. And it likely means they don’t have to pick one area to fix while hoping the rest gets fixed internally.