Red Sox urged to trade 'one of the worst hitters in baseball' making $140 million
Boston's trade deadline could be extra busy.
Red Sox urged to trade 'one of the worst hitters in baseball' making $140 million originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Boston Red Sox are already eight games below .
500, and could be just a few bad stretches away from making an early decision. With the trade deadline still three months away, the Red Sox don't have to make any determinations now. But if left-hander Ranger Suarez's hamstring injury forces him to miss several starts, they could be in big trouble.
As currently constructed, Boston's roster does not appear to be a postseason contender. That's why FanSided's Cody Williams wrote that the AL East team should strongly consider finding a new club for shortstop Trevor Story. "Trevor Story is not one of the aforementioned up-and-comers.
In fact, he's another piece that's standing in the way of a young guy like Marcelo Mayer, despite the fact that the latter has actually been the far better player this season, much less when looking to the future," wrote Williams. "Story made a ton of people, myself included, look silly for calling to DFA him after a rough start last season. But he's actively hurting a team trying to find any kind of footing to take off right now.