Red Sox potential trade target: Padres reliever Brad Hand

The Red Sox have made it clear that they want a deeper bullpen and Brad Hand could be a perfect fit.

It’s no surprise that the Red Sox plan on being buyers at the deadline. President of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski has made it quite clear that the club is looking to add a player capable of providing major league wins now, though that might not be a big name player when all is said and done.

Over the past week, trade rumors have started to fly around the Red Sox. We had reports indicating interest in Sonny Gray among Red Sox scouts, then quotes from Dombrowski shutting down those rumors just 24 hours later. There’s also the ongoing narrative that the club will inevitably acquire a third…