As the All-Star game in Cleveland creeps closer and closer, trades will start to happen and teams will be declared “open for business” or “buyers” for this summer’s trade deadline. The 36-34 Boston Red Sox are currently sitting in a state of limbo. They are 6.5 games back of the New York Yankees in the AL East and one back of the Texas Rangers for the AL Wild Card.
This begs the question, are the Red Sox real contenders this season and how should they act at the trade deadline?
They have been off-and-on all month long, they lost a partial series with the Yankees at the start of June before sweeping the Kansas City Royals.