The Red Sox won a game against the Braves but remain 23-31, last in the AL East. The American League standings are tight, with every team within six games of a Wild Card spot, keeping turnaround hopes alive. Avoiding a sell-off requires improving well beyond their current 69-win pace. The organization already changed managers early, moving from Alex Cora to interim Chad Tracy, and replaced hitting coach staff to address a severely underperforming offense. After the April 25 firings, OPS improved to sixth in the AL, but runs scored remain near the bottom. Roman Anthony’s absence has hurt, and the infield has produced little offensively beyond Willson Contreras. Reports indicate the team is evaluating the trade market for lineup help, with Craig Breslow describing aggressive outreach and the league’s compressed nature.
"Despite a convincing win over the Braves tonight, the Red Sox sit at a disappointing 23-31 that has them at the bottom of the AL East. A scarcity of great teams in the American League means every club is still within six games of a Wild Card spot, so even the slowest starters can talk themselves into the possibility of turning things around."
"The Sox were 11th in the AL in scoring and dead last in OPS (.667) when Cora and multiple hitting coaches were fired on April 25. They're up to sixth in the Junior Circuit in OPS since then but second from the bottom in runs scored, better only than a reeling Detroit team. Playing the past three weeks without Roman Anthony hasn't helped, but the second-year outfielder was struggling even before a wrist sprain sent him to the injured list."
"The biggest issue is an infield that, aside from first baseman Willson Contreras, has contributed almost nothing offensively. Reports emerged over the weekend that the Sox were already gauging the trade market for lineup help. Chief baseball officer Craig Breslow echoed that in speaking with reporters on Wednesday afternoon (links via Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic and Chris Cotillo of MassLive)."
""We've been aggressive in terms of outreach and trying to identify players that we think can help us. Obviously, we've talked about the fact that the league is very compressed and there's a bunch of teams - despite poor performance - who are still in it," Breslow said. "The other side of that is that there are other teams in the league who have not played well that otherwise could think about moving players and are saying,"
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