Count Walker Buehler among the Boston Red Sox players not having fun these days. Buehler got shelled at Yankee Stadium on Friday night, giving up seven runs, five of them earned, in just two innings of work.

Barring a massive turnaround, the Boston Red Sox will likely be sellers at this year's trade deadline, making several veterans available.

I’m tired of talking about the Red Sox being bad, but the Red Sox are bad and haven’t improved. A surefire way for improvement, you might believe, would be trading for better players. The trade deadline is still a few weeks away,