When the Boston Red Sox emerged from the trade deadline at the end of July, Chaim Bloom felt the wrath of a frustrated fan base that insisted he didn’t do enough to upgrade a thin bullpen. Surely the chief baseball officer didn’t view his team as a true contender if he was content to settle for these castoffs.
As we head into the final stretch of the regular season, Boston finds themselves in sole possession of the top Wild Card spot while Austin Davis and Hansel Robles have transformed into key contributors in the bullpen.