Overview
- This week team president and CEO Sam Kennedy acknowledged the club could become sellers and called the idea “brutal and truly sort of unthinkable.”
- The Red Sox have underperformed offensively and on parts of the pitching staff and sit at the bottom of the division, a slide that has forced a reassessment of roster plans.
- Analysts identify Sonny Gray and Aroldis Chapman as Boston’s most valuable trade chips and say a heavy pool of buyer teams could raise the price for sellers.
- Gray’s contract carries a no-trade clause and a mutual 2027 option with a $10 million buyout while Chapman’s fixed salary and option structure make him easier for contenders to acquire.
- Any decision to sell would reshape payroll and the farm system, raise questions about front-office accountability and directly affect players, staff and fans as the club weighs options before Aug. 3.