The Red Sox shipped veteran Kiké Hernandez to the Dodgers on Tuesday evening, but such a deal doesn’t decisively signal that Boston plans to be buyers or sellers at the trade deadline.
The Hernandez deal was more a necessity as the result of a roster crunch, and Chaim Bloom still has a week to gauge whether or not this team is worth investing in ahead of the Aug. 1 deadline.
Entering Tuesday night six games over .500 and 2.5 games behind Toronto in the Wild Card race, many MLB insiders expect Boston to add over the coming days, especially when it comes to starting pitching.