Phillies, Cubs, and Dodgers should be of interest after Red Sox’s starters latest comments

The Boston Red Sox should be sellers at Major League Baseball's trade deadline, depending on how things go over the next few weeks. 

With about a month and a half before the deadline, the Red Sox, 31-45, are 14.5 games out in the American League East and aren't exactly right there when it comes to a wild-card spot as well. 

I don't think it's crazy to say the Red Sox could turn things around with how much time they have, but this has been a nightmare season, and moving on from guys just makes a whole lot of sense.

Among those options would be Sonny Gray, a right-hander who has thrown the baseball at a very high level throughout much of his career. Gray, however, has a no-trade clause that he recently spoke about. 

He said he would be open to a conversation about it, which should interest teams like the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, and Los Angeles Dodgers.

“If someone came to me from the Red Sox and made a decision that that’s the direction that this team was going to go, I would be open for a conversation,” Gray said, per the Post.

With the Cubs, Phillies, and Dodgers all being in a position to make the postseason and have playoff runs if they make the necessary moves at the deadline, especially the Phillies and Cubs, as the Dodgers are already set and would only be adding a player of Gray's caliber just to really put themselves over the top, it makes sense to go after a player of his caliber. 

Gray hasn't been exactly perfect throughout the year, but he's still thrown the baseball at a relatively high level with a 3.12 ERA and 55 strikeouts. The strikeout numbers aren't elite, but he's still above average and would fit in nicely with any of those three teams.

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