PT TOMORROW: AL East — How trade deadline might alter depth charts

Boston Red Sox

Though it would no doubt drive at least some segment of the team’s fan base insane, Boston could once again ride the fence at the trade deadline, doing a little buying and a little selling. 

Among the players teams are reportedly sniffing around are deadline-deal frequent flyer Adam Duvall (OF, BOS) and Enrique Hernández (SS, BOS), in what may be an either-or scenario. In other words, were Duvall to be moved along, Hernández might be kept around as a right-handed-hitting fourth outfielder, whereas were Hernández to be moved, the team might be a bit more reluctant to deal Duvall.

That Duvall might even be considered expendable is a tribute to the degree to which Jarren Duran (OF, BOS) has emerged to claim an outfield spot,...

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