The Sox just added a $16 million reliever to this roster, and you aren't sure if they are going to spend. I think that last line is telling on yourself at this point.
Gotta move with the times. It is one thing to argue 5 years ago that the Sox can't draft and develop high level position players. Now they are doing it.
We can go back to 2018 and before for all of the evidence we want, but today changes things.
Trade is done, thread is on the main page. Trade forum is for rumors and other team's trades. When a Sox trade is done, it will be up in Pale Hose Talk forum.
I mean, teams weren't shoving in all of their chips four months ago either. If the Sox see this as a World Series shot of a year, there was definitely some keeping up with the Joneses which needed to happen.
Man in the playoffs the Sox can run a guy out there like Bummer/Kopech/Kimbrel/Crochet out there in the 5th or 6th inning, and not have to worry about the bridge work.