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While the Red Sox and
Bronx Embalmers will go at it this weekend at
The Concrete Bunker On 161st Street, they may
also be
butting heads at the trade deadline come the end of next month. Since both teams have recently lost two starters to injury (Boston minus
Steven Wright and
Drew Pomeranz), speculation is rampant that they are each "eyeing" Rays right-handed starter
Chris Archer. The 29-year-old Archer is about to emerge from the disabled list—but had pitched well
prior to that stint (2.47 ERA over seven starts). Archer is signed through 2021 at the "reasonable" cost of $31 million, so it might take a lot to get him to Boston. Stay tuned.
