Craig Breslow spent like a madman ahead of the trade deadline, putting the Red Sox all-in on this season and next. Boston improved the on-field product at the big-league level. The problem is the price. If his team doesn’t at least reach the World Series in the next two years, these deals won’t be remembered as aggressive. They’ll be remembered as reckless.
Since July 1, the Red Sox have gone 23–3 and put themselves back into contention in the American League. They exit the deadline five games back of the Rays in the AL East and 2 1/2 games shy of the Yankees for the top wild-card spot. While his team is certainly charging hard as we approach the stretch run, Breslow wildly overplayed his hand, acting like the Red Sox had already secured a postseason spot.
