Baseball chief Craig Breslow said the failure to land any big names wasn't for lack of trying: 'We pursued a number of impact opportunities.'

At some point, New England is going to be stop being fooled by the Red Sox annual empty promises. When Boston salary-dumped Rafael Devers, they chose a deal that freed them of all of his contract instead of maintaining salary and getting back better prospects.

After a month-plus of talking about flexibility gained from the Rafael Devers trade, the Red Sox basically stood pat on deadline day.  There was no impact move made by chief baseball officer Craig Breslow,