The Red Sox have a young and productive big-league lineup. That’s great! The Red Sox also have a promising farm system with some real high-end talents in it. That’s also great! These two facts can’t live side-by-side forever, though, at least not in their current form. At some point, those prospects will be ready for the bigs, and they might not all have a place to play. That’s where trades come in: as much as it might upset those waiting to see the careers of these prospect play out in Boston, a trade or two is bound to come eventually.
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