Red Sox 'Looking To Improve' Via Trade After Significant Adam Duvall Injury

Boston already is toward the bottom of their depth

Scott Neville | Apr 14, 2023

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The Boston Red Sox could desperately use some help up the middle as injuries already have begun to decimate the team.

The group of Trevor Story, Adalberto Mondesí, Kiké Hernández and Christian Arroyo to man the middle infield sounds like a promising bunch. Unfortunately, the former two entered the season on the shelf and the latter options can't buy a hit right now.

Despite all of the talk that the Red Sox wanted to add multiple middle infielders to bolster the roster, all they did was sign Yu Chang -- who has opened the season 0-for-13 and added the aforementioned Mondesí -- who they knew would open the season on the injured list after suffering a torn ACL last season.

Their lack of urgency in the offseason is coming back to haunt them after outfielder Adam Duvall fractured his wrist and shifted the entire defensive alignment.

Now Red Sox general manager Brian O’Halloran is claiming to be open to adding, though we've heard that tune before.

"We’re always looking to find ways to improve the roster,” O’Halloran told MassLive's Chris Cotillo before Thursday’s game. “Especially when you have injuries -- and significant injuries. That’s even more heightened. We’re obviously looking for those opportunities.”

Cotillo essentially ruled out José Iglesias as a potential trade candidate -- he currently resides on the Miami Marlins' Triple-A roster.

In general, April is not the best time to add a quality player via trade, and the waiver wire doesn't usually heat up until later in the season as well. While O'Halloran might be "looking to improve the roster" he should have done so in the offseason -- when he had ample time to do so and good players were available. Instead, he's waiting until now, when the market is empty.

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Published Apr 14, 2023

SCOTT NEVILLE

Scott Neville covers the Boston Red Sox for Sports Illustrated's new page "Inside The Red Sox." Before starting "Inside The Red Sox", Neville attended Merrimack College, where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and Media with a minor in Marketing. Neville spent all four years with Merrimack's radio station WMCK, where he grew as a radio/podcast host and producer. His propensity for being in front of a microphone eventually expanded to film, where he produced multiple short films alongside his then-roommate and current co-worker Stephen Mottram. On a journey that began as a way to receive easy credits via film classes, he received a call from "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" star Charlie Day. Day advised him to make a feature-length film, which he completed his senior year. While writing the film, Neville completed an internship for United Way as part of their NFL Partnership Program. Neville ran the blog for a team of interns and hosted an internet show called "United Way's NFL Partnership Series" where he interviewed NFL alumni. After college Neville wrote for SB Nation's "Over The Monster," a Red Sox sister site of the flagship brand. His work would eventually lead him to a job as a content producer with NESN, where he would cover all sports. After developing as a writer with the top regional network in the world, he was given the opportunity to join the Sports Illustrated Media Group in his current endeavor as the publisher of "Inside The Red Sox." The successful launch and quick rise of "Inside The Red Sox" led to Neville joining the Baseball Essential ownership group, a national baseball site under SIMG. Follow him on Twitter: @ScottNeville46 Email: nevilles@merrimack.edu