Will the Boston Red Sox end up selling off pieces this summer ahead of the 2026 Major League Baseball trade deadline?
It's still up in the air.
The Red Sox don't need to make a decision yet. Boston is 32-45 on the season after taking down the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night. Before the game, Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow shared that Boston will be "realistic" about what is best for the organization ahead of the trade deadline, as shared by Tim Healey of The Boston Globe.
“We’ll be realistic and do what is best for the organization,” Breslow said. “But I still think that we’re capable of playing better and stacking some wins together and hope that we can do that in the [coming days and weeks]. ... The first thing we need to do is take care of what’s happening here and do everything we can to figure out how to play better baseball and stack some wins together. After that, when teams make the decision to sell off players, particularly those that are maybe on expiring contracts, you try to get the best return you possibly can."
For Boston, this sounds like a club that is starting to come to terms with where the club is in the standings. Now, Breslow didn't fully commit to selling, but that would be the "realistic" option right now, unless Boston goes on a long winning streak.