In their efforts to help the bullpen at the trade deadline, the Boston Red Sox acquired another left-handed reliever for the cost of a rising prospect.
No matter which sect of the Boston Red Sox fanbase you ask, Craig Breslow and the front office did not live up to expectations at the trade deadline.
The Red Sox were rumored to be in the market for some of the best controllable starting pitchers on the market —including Breslow's personal white whale, Joe Ryan — but came away with just rental reliever Steven Matz (St.