Red Sox Trade Deadline Edition
First blog - no intro needed - #EnoughoftheFluff
The Major League Baseball trade deadline is just weeks away and here’s my fearless predictions for the Red Sox:
The Sox sell at the deadline after finally realizing that last year’s “buy and sell” tactic didn’t quite work out.
Dugie is the biggest name to go, likely to the Indians, Astros or Marlins for prospects. The Sox are allowed to keep Dugie’s necklaces as part of the deal, and Chaim Bloom is later arrested at a scrap yard in Southie looking to sell them. John Henry bails him out and Bloom leaves the police station in Theo Epstein’s gorilla suit.
Justin Turner goes back to the Dodgers after they, like so many other contending teams, search for starting pitching without much luck. The Sox throw in one of their only healthy pitchers, Nick Pivetta and receive two prospects and Mookie Betts's autograph.
Kike Hernandez is sent to the Mariners for a bucket of balls.
A plethora of teams call the Sox looking for a healthy starting pitcher, most looking for Brayan Bello. The Sox refuse to move Bello, their only healthy starter, but offer up Tim Wakefield from the NESN booth. Unfortunately the only takers are the Mariners, and the Sox end up with Kike Hernandez back.
The rest of the teams looking for a starter get desperate and show interest in Chris Sale. The Sox trade him to the Dodgers for the rights to resign Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez. Sale somehow passes his physical but breaks his hamate bone signing the forms at the doctor’s office and misses the rest of the season.
The Sox, feeling bad about the Sale deal, send Kike Hernandez back to the Dodgers.
The Yankees, finally remembering that they are the Yankees, trade for Shohei Ohtani, who signs a massive, lifetime extension with them. The Sox, feeling the pressure to respond, trade for Kike Hernandez who turns his season around and leads the Sox to a Wild Card spot.
David Scott is a husband, father, retired police chief and current cancer patient. He has loved the Red Sox since he was a child, even after the 1986 World Series. He loves all things Boston sports, and misses Marcus Smart. #EnoughoftheFluff
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