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In many ways, the Boston Red Sox kicked off the trade deadline madness when they moved disgruntled third baseman/designated hitter Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants back in June. Many believed that that trade would be the biggest blockbuster of the summer, six weeks before the actual cut-off. Boston's chief baseball officer, Craig Breslow, said at the time of the trade: 'It's important to point out that this is in no way signifying a waving of the white flag on 2025. We are as committed as we were six months ago to putting a winning team on the field, to competing for the division and making a deep postseason run.' He went to say that he believed moving Devers gave the club additional resources to utilize at the trade deadline. In fact, shortly after the blockbuster deal, one National League executive was quoted as saying: 'Boston should be in position to hunt short-term upgrades to support their current 2025 team…Boston can now leverage their newfound savings to pursue these types of opportunities across their roster.' So, with the July 31st deadline approaching, the Red Sox faithful were expecting the team to make an upgrade at first base where Abraham Toro and Romy González have done an adequate job, but not at the level of a Josh Naylor or Ryan O'Hearn. There was even talk of acquiring Nolan Arenado — who they pursued in the off-season to play third base before signing Alex Bregman — to play first. And the team was hoping to bolster its starting rotation and bullpen, both of which have underwhelmed this season. According to various sources, Boston was trying to strike deals with Merrill Kelly or Zac Gallen or Mitch Keller. Any, or two of these pitchers would aid ace Garrett Crochet, Lucas Giolito, and Brayan Bello every fifth day. But as the days got late in July, and as the hours and minutes ticked down last Wednesday and Thursday, not much was happening in the Back Bay. Red Sox Twitter was blowing up with fans electronically screaming at Breslow to wake the hell up and do something — anything. From the fans' perspective, the Yankees are faltering, the Rays are in the tank, the Orioles are tanking, and many view the Blue Jays' recent run as fool's gold. The AL East was there for the taking if the Red Sox could even just slightly improve their team. On Wednesday night, Breslow finally pulled a trigger. He agreed to send the team's No. 17 prospect, Blaze Jordan, to the St. Louis Cardinals in return for left-handed pitcher Steven Matz. Matz has made 172 starts in his career, but has been working out of the bullpen of late, which is how Boston intends to use him. In the final year of four-year, $44 million deal, Matz is a short-term rental that will cost the club less than $4 million. With an extra bullpen arm secured, the Red Sox still needed a starter and a first baseman. The infielder was not to be had. But, moments before the final bell rang at 6 p.m., Boston was able to flip James Tibbs III (the player they acquired from San Francisco in return for Devers back in June) to the Los Angeles Dodgers for oft-injured, but high on potential, Dustin May. May found himself expendable in Los Angeles, and told the team he wanted to start, rather than become a long reliever or Shohei Ohtani's piggy-back option. So, the Dodgers granted him his wish, shipping him east so he could try to help another team with another division title. In a post-deadline press conference, Breslow told the collected writers and, therefore Red Sox Nation, that the team made a last-minute run at Twins' ace Joe Ryan. Jhostynxon Garcia, Boston's top outfield prospect was dangled, but according to various sources, the two sides were simply unable to close a deal. Apparently the club was unwilling to offer any of their big league outfielders, or an enticing enough package of their top minor leaguers to cement a pact. When all was said and done, Boston acquired two middling players for a team with great expectations. Ian Browne, writing for the Boston Globe, channeling the frustration of the Fenway faithful, may have summed up the situation best: 'The Sox treat loyal fans like chumps. They take them for granted. They continue to gaslight Red Sox Nation, making pledges about playing meaningful games in September and October, but deep down they value payroll flexibility and controllable contracts over winning the World Series. This is the way its been since 2018 and nothing changed Thursday when the Sox had a chance to go all-in to support an interesting team that has put itself in position to make a serious playoff run.' Suffice it to say, the fans are not happy. And Ken Rosenthal piled on, calling Boston's deadline an 'epic fail' and said the team's pursuit of Ryan was 'feeble at best.' But, with the luxury of hindsight, when calmed heads prevailed, Rosenthal walked back those comments, stating 'I might have been too harsh.' And yet, since the All-Star break, the Red Sox are 10-6. They battled potential playoff teams — the Cubs (1-2), the Phillies (1-2), the Dodgers (2-1), and swept the Astros over the weekend. Garrett Crochet is still acting like an ace; Lucas Giolito looks great (on Sunday he pitched eight innings for the first time as a Red Sox and for the first time sicne 2021); and the offense is clicking up and down the lineup. The team is better than they were prior to the trade deadline. Maybe not good enough to win a title, but that remains to be seen. For now, Breslow is not getting the benefit of the doubt. Come October, that just may change.
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