Cue the Vince Carter GIF... because it's over, ladies and gentlemen! This Boston Red Sox team is toast, and there's really nothing they can do to get things back on track. Even if they make a big move ahead of August's trade deadline, it's hard to picture them creeping out of the hole they've dug themselves into.
They are currently 27-39 and are 13.5 games behind the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays and New York Yankees (and are four games behind the fourth-place Baltimore Orioles). They are on pace to finish with one of their worst records in franchise history, and this team (particularly its lineup) isn't built to play October baseball.
Pair all of that with the fact that Garrett Crochet and Roman Anthony, who have each been out of action for over a month, still don't have a concrete timetable for their return.
The Red Sox aren't making the playoffs this year. And even if they somehow manage to turn things around and make an appearance, they're not going to be considered legitimate threats to win the World Series. It really shouldn't be a question anymore: Boston needs to sell ahead of this year's trade deadline.
The Red Sox have numerous trade assets worth moving off of
There are a lot of notable players on Boston's roster right now that the team might benefit from sending to a contender to get some assets: Aroldis Chapman, Sonny Gray, Jarren Duran, Masataka Yoshida, and potentially Willson Contreras, just to name a few.
This Red Sox team isn't going to compete for a championship right now, but they still have some individual value, and there are still some long-term bright spots (including Crochet, Anthony, Payton Tolle, Connelly Early, most of their outfield, and maybe Marcelo Mayer can figure it out sooner rather than later). At this point, it makes the most sense for the team to just offload the veterans they have and get some more pieces to build for the future.
This debate about whether Boston should sell or buy at the trade deadline really doesn't make a ton of sense. At least not anymore. This team is what it is: mediocre. And trading for a guy like Matt Chapman, Eugenio Suarez, or whoever else might be on the table isn't going to change that.
Instead, the Red Sox just need to come to terms with the fact that they don't have it this season, and they are better off moving on from some of the older guys they have, let them compete elsewhere, and just look toward the future and try to resemble a real major league team again.
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