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For Chaim Bloom, it's probably still too early to make a call. While the temptation of having each of the players under cheap control on a year-to-year basis is enticing to the penny pinching Sox, isn't this whole thing about building sustainability for the future? Seems like locking up your young talent might be a path to getting there.

For the two franchises that combined for 10 world championships and 20 conference championship games/series appearances over a 20-year period, how long will it be before one of them tastes playoff glory again?

The influx of talent in the farm system is hard to argue, but so is the potential of three last place finishes in four years at the MLB level.

The dust is now settled on the MLB Trade Deadline, which saw plenty of movement but none involving the Boston Red Sox.

Right now, Boston is the first team on the outside looking in, with Tampa Bay, Houston and Toronto owning the three wild card slots at the moment. But right behind the Sox lurks Shohei Ohtani and the Angels, with the Yankees and Mariners still in striking position.

With no clue how this year's deadline is going to turn out, let's take a look back through the years at some of the best and worst deadline dealings in Red Sox history.

What's their ceiling in 2023? Has the recent winning changed your mind on what this team is capable of? Or are you still concerned and waiting for another shoe to drop?

The proposed package includes P Brayan Bello, SS Marcelo Mayer, 2B Nick Yorke and OF/SS Ceddane Rafaela sent to L.A. for Ohtani.

As we sit here today less than two weeks out from the MLB trade deadline, there's no true indication of what this squad can is, other than wildly inconsistent.

Boston remains in last place in the AL East, but owns a 5-game win-streak and the Sox are winners of eight of their last nine. They're 48-43 overall, 1-game behind the Yanks, 2-behind the Jays and a pair out of the wild card picture in the AL East.