The Boston Red Sox's 2025 trade deadline is widely considered a failure. Instead, Craig Breslow, the team's chief baseball officer, decided to invest in lower-tier additions to help push the team over the hump and into the postseason.

After a frenetic trade deadline came and went, let’s take stock of who maximized their World Series chances and who could have done more (or less).

For the third time in four games, Trevor Story went yard as part of a three-home run barrage by the Red Sox offense, which paced the club to a 7-3 win over the Astros on Saturday. Trailing 2-0 after the top of the first,

- Boston Red Sox pitcher Tanner Houck walks to the dugout after being pulled against the Detroit Tigers in the third inning during a baseball game, May 12, 2025,