"There's not a lot of sympathy for how hard we tried to get deals across the line"
Shut. The. Fuck. Up. No, there's no sympathy for "trying" when you did absolutely nothing. MLB doesn't give out participation medals, you either get it done or you don't
Craig Breslow has traded for 7 players at the trade deadline during his Red Sox tenure. Only 1 of these players had team control beyond that year, and that player currently has a 3.27 ERA
The problem is that player is also no longer on the Red Sox
I mean I've already accepted that Bregman is 1000% going back to Houston to reunite with Altuve and Correa
He'll just be another 1 year Red Sox legend in a LONG line of 1 year Red Sox legends
The criticism of Chaim at the 2022 deadline was literally that he got uncomfortable and traded away a beloved member of the taem
And that ended up being one of the best Red Sox trades this century
Between August 30, 2021 and April 28, 2022, Robles pitched 22.2 innings without giving up an earned run
He was by far our best reliever in September 2021, his final numbers just aren't great thanks to his numbers once the wheels came off