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The Boston Red Sox\u2019s top trade deadline need just got a little more dire.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, teams will justify a lack of buying at the deadline by counting on injury returns. That could have been the case for the Red Sox with Patrick Sandoval, who they signed to a two-year contract last winter with the expectation that he would miss at least the first half of this season after Tommy John surgery.<\/p>\n

But Sandoval\u2019s recovery hasn\u2019t quite progressed the way the lefty had hoped, and on Friday, the Red Sox learned that it is doubtful he\u2019ll be able to pitch at any point this season.\u00a0He was throwing bullpens at one point, but Boston is backing off that plan.<\/p>\n

“He wasn\u2019t moving the way he was moving early, so right now we\u2019re just playing catch and doing the things he needs to do to keep the arm going,\u201d manager Alex Cora said Friday, per Christopher Smith of MassLive. \u201cBut not throwing bullpens. Just kind of slow down the pace.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Red Sox already needed a starter, because it was too hard to project anything from Sandoval coming off a full yea\u2019rs absence. But this still increases that need, because starting pitching is a numbers game.<\/p>\n

Season-ending injuries to Kutter Crawford and Hunter Dobbins already dealt a hit to those numbers. Tanner Houck\u2019s setback puts him in doubt as well. And now, one more injury could leave Boston without enough starters to fill out a group of five.<\/p>\n

It seems like the Red Sox are destined to add at least one starter by the deadline, but now, if they don’t, it will be borderline inexcusable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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