It certainly seems like the Boston Red Sox are putting their best foot forward to acquire one of the top starting pitchers potentially on the trade block. The

The Red Sox also assigned catcher Ronaldo Hernández, who they signed to a minor league deal July 17, to Double-A Portland to make room for Tromp. He appeared in four games for Worcester.

Red Sox manager Alex Cora shared an update on injured relief pitcher Justin Slaten, who is progressing toward a return.

“I mean, a long day in general,” Hicks told reporters. “But obviously I got fully hot [before the delay] and ran on the field and felt really good to go. Then they pulled the tarp, I came back in, sat for an hour, got hot again, and didn’t really have my legs and didn’t know where the zone was.”

With the MLB trade deadline looming, struggling Marlins ace Sandy Alcantara emerges as a potential trade target for the Red Sox, who could gamble on his upside.

Pierson Ohl struck out the side in his first major league inning and retired seven of the first eight MLB hitters he ever faced. Let’s hope Ohl chooses to treasure those memories and blocks what happened next out of his mind.

Red Sox Veteran Daniel Bard Announces Retirement from Major League Baseball originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

On Tuesday, Rob Bradford of WEEI posted a picture of Chadwick Tromp, a 30-year-old veteran who has played for three major league teams, in the Worcester Red Sox's dugout. At the time, the Red Sox and Minor League Baseball transaction log had yet to reflect anything about a signing.