Boston Red Sox trading for outfielder Tommy Pham (reports)
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The Boston Red Sox apparently are going to be both sellers and buyers at the trade deadline.
Boston is finalizing a trade with the Cincinnati Reds to acquire outfielder Tommy Pham, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan.
Pham has started 82 games in left field for the Reds this season. He helps add depth to a Red Sox outfield that has lacked offensive production the entire season.
But chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom also is selling. Passan reported earlier Boston is trading catcher Christian Vázquez to the Astros.
Pham, a 34-year-old right-handed hitter, has batted only .238 with a .320 on-base percentage, .374 slugging percentage, .694 OPS, 11 homers, 11 doubles, one triple, 57 runs and 39 RBIs in 91 games (387 plate appearances) this season.
He has 467 career starts in left field, 185 career starts in center field and 47 career starts in right field.
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