As the trade deadline approaches, the Red Sox clearly need to make some changes to hope to contend for the postseason. It’s clear, in both actions and words, that the Sox organization intends to contend the rest of the way. Putting aside for the moment whether they should be rebuilding or not, what is priority No. 1 the club should seek in any deal?
What should the Red Sox get at the trade deadline?
The previous poll asked which five outfielders should stay with the Red Sox. The top votegetters completely nailed how the Red Sox have decided to go with the setup, although there was a surprising dropoff from Ellsbury, Ross, Crawford and Nava to Ryan Sweeney, with a lot of other people preferring Ryan Kalish. I’m assuming the 19 votes for Jason Repko were firmly tongue-in-cheek. Here are the results of the previous poll:
Which five outfielders do you prefer staying with the team?
- Jacoby Ellsbury (95%, 759 Votes)
- Cody Ross (93%, 741 Votes)
- Carl Crawford (85%, 676 Votes)
- Daniel Nava (75%, 598 Votes)
- Ryan Sweeney (54%, 431 Votes)
- Ryan Kalish (40%, 315 Votes)
- Scott Podsednik (24%, 190 Votes)
- Brent Lillibridge (7%, 52 Votes)
- Jason Repko (2%, 19 Votes)