'It just didn’t work out:' Red Sox Lament Lack of Big Deadline Trades

The Boston Red Sox are trying to reach the playoffs for the first time since 2021, but it seemed the team fell short of making the big splash it wanted to at Thursday's trade deadline.

"I understand the frustration and the disappointment. There’s not a lot of sympathy for how hard we tried to get deals across the line. I understand that," Chief Baseball Officer Craig Breslow told reporters in a conference call. "We believe that we have a really young, exciting, talented team and one that is capable of continuing to perform at this level and and get to the postseason. That’s what our focus is on."

Boston acquired right-hander Dustin May from the Los Angeles Dodgers at the trade deadline on Thursday, bolstering the rotation but falling short of the front-line starter the team was shopping for as it tries to return to the playoffs for the first time since 2021.

The Dodgers will receive minor league infielder/outfielder James Tibbs III and outfielder Zach Ehrhard for May, who is 6-7 with a 4.85 ERA this season. In his last outing, May gave up four runs in five innings in a loss to the Red Sox at Fenway Park.

Breslow, who also acquired Cardinals lefty reliever Steven Matz earlier Thursday, said there was no one off the table for discussions.

"We went into this deadline feeling like in order to accomplish what we needed to accomplish — what we hope to accomplish ... we couldn’t go into this with untouchables. And we didn’t," he said. "We were willing to talk about all of our guys in the name of improving the team. It just didn’t work out."

A member of the Dodgers’ 2020 World Series championship team, May pitched in just 20 games over the next four seasons as he tried to come back from two Tommy John surgeries and a torn