The Boston Red Sox added a few players to the disabled list over the past few days – Dustin Pedroia (broken left foot), Victor Martinez (fracture in thumb), Clay Buchholz (not on DL but has hyperextended left knee). GM Theo Epstein has a few decisions to make:

1. He could do nothing and let it resolve itself internally through depth and through the farm system.
2. Get external help through a trade

Alex Speier of WEEI says Epstein will evaluate its internal options before going through the trade market.

“I think if we do anything major, anything of real significance, it has to make sense now – for the short-term – and also make sense once we get our guys back and healthy. You don’t want to make a major trade that all of a sudden three or four weeks from now doesn’t fit,” said Epstein. “We’ll be looking out for something like that. More likely, we’ll continue to see how this group of players performs, see how the players who are getting an opportunity to play more regularly do filling in, and continue to be on the lookout for upgrades where we can. But usually things don’t happen till the end of July anyway. By that time, we should start to get players back and we should get a feel for how the replacements have fit.”