Baseball chief Craig Breslow said the failure to land any big names wasn't for lack of trying: 'We pursued a number of impact opportunities.'

It won’t make Red Sox fans feel any better, but chief baseball officer Craig Breslow is insisting that the team tried its hardest.

At some point, New England is going to be stop being fooled by the Red Sox annual empty promises. When Boston salary-dumped Rafael Devers, they chose a deal that freed them of all of his contract instead of maintaining salary and getting back better prospects.