Minneapolis – Six Weeks ago, Red SOX Chief Baseball Office Craig Bresloow Traded the Face of the Franchise and Longest Teenred Player on the Team in Rafael Devers, HURS after The Club Had Completed a Sweep of the Yankees. The fact from that stunning move sees to have taken the Executive a Lesson in More Open Communication, and the Players A Lesson in Steling Themesels to Navigate the Potential Tumult of the Upcoming Trade Deadline.
“I think when rafael deals gets traded,” Rob Refsnyder Said, “All of Us Are on High Alert.”
None more so, perhaps, Than Jarren Duran, Whose Name Has Swirled in Trade Rumors for Weeks. Duran Sat on a couch in the Visits Clubhouse at Target Field on Tuesday and Watched as the mlb Network Aire A Segment About where he’d be traded from the Only Big LEGUE Team He Ever Known. Before Going 2- For-4 With a Home Run in An 8-5 Win Over the Twins, Duran Spent Much of the Afternoon with his Headphones on.
There’s Still Underty About What The Boston Red SOX Will – Our WonT – Do Before Thursday’s 6 PM Et Trade Deadline, but the Players Are Prepared for Anything Thanks, in Part, to the Devers Deal.
Since the Rafael Devers Deal, The Red Sox Have Gone 21-15 and Remained in Second Place in the American League Wild Card. (Elsa / Getty Images)
“Having Something Like that Happy A Fe Wakes ago Helps You Prepare Even More,” Refsnyder Added. “This is the Most Prepred the Team has been, in my OPINION, Going INTO The Deadline of Knowing Some of Those Moves Might Be Made.”
Thought the Devers Deal Came AS Shock, Refsnyder Noted BREOW HAS Been More Open and Around Sing The Deal Was Made.
“I think Craig Has Done An Excel “I think his communication and his HONESTY HAS BEENLLY Good and if we don’t add, I don’t think it’s for a lot of EFFORT by Him.”
The day after the Devers Deal, BRESLOOOOW AckNowledged RGRT in How Hendled Communication, Noting It “Forced (HIM) to Reflect on the Interacctions” He had with Devers and Other Players and Look For “Opportunities to communicate differently.”
“I need to owns Things that I could have done beetter,” He said at the time.
Reliever Garrett Whitline, now the light tenred active player on the team, Agreed that the Season’s First Major Trade Put The Days LEADING Up to the Deadline in Perspection for Many Players.
“After rafy, we Kind of Talked and we like, ‘hey, it’s not our job to add or take away or anything like that. Whole Team Kind of Rallied Art that and Just SAID, ‘You Know What? We’re Not Going to Focus on Anything External. We’re Going to Focus on the Nine Innss We Got on Hand and Go from There. ”
Since the Devers Deal, The Red Sox Have Gone 21-15 and Remained in Second Place in the American LEGUE Wild Card. They’ve Gone from one Game Over. 500 to Seven. And who there is their been missed opportunities to Gain Even more Ground in a Wide Open Al Playoff Picure, They’ve Kept Themeves Squarely in the Hunt, Particularly in a 4-5 Stretch after the All-Star Break in Whiche of Fac have the top texts in every national league Division.
“We’ve Been Playing Better BaseBall,” Refsnyder Said. “We just played Against some really, really good texts and we had some missed Opportunities, Obviously, but we just before INTO This Week if we just gout sweep or had a really, Really Bad Streak. ”
Now, they’re Hoping Brassow ADDS to the team.
But Adding Players Will Naturally Mean The Makeup of the Team Will Be Shifted Again. Trading Duran Couelf Be Enotter Shock to a Close-Knit Clubose, Something BREOLOOW is Keenly Aware of. If the Red Sox Trade for a First Baseman, Abraham Toro’s Role Might Beraased. If they add a verification, someone in the bullpeen will be moved.
Starter Richard Fitts was Already Optioned to Triple a after Monday’s Start, Highlight The Turnover in the Rotation Even as the Club Sees a no. 2 star.
It Creates Natural Uncetainty, Even for Veteran Players.
Starter Walker Buehler, now in his eighth big lejue season, Wants to Improve the Club at the Deadline, But Knows Adding Engrated Might Jeopardize HIS Spot. Buehler has posted a 5.72 Era in 18 Starts This Season, but is by Far the Club’s Most Experienced Postseason Starter.
“For me personLly, I wanted to try to meet it out and become that guy for us,” He said. “I’ve Obviously Done that a Lot in the Past, so we’ll see.”
With Under 48 HOURS UNTIL The Deadline, The One Crestainy is that the Red Sox Will Feel Some Sense of RELIEF CORSDAY NIGHT.
I think “For me, you get to keep the main thing, the main thing. It. ”
(Top Photo of Jarren Duran: Ronald Martinez / Getty Images)
