The Boston Red Sox have until Thursday, July 31 at 6 p.m. to bolster their bullpen to make a push for the playoffs.

The Boston Red Sox announced Aroldis Chapman news after leaving Sunday's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

After electing free agency last week, the 30-year-old backstop agreed to a minor league deal with the Orioles' division rival.

With Duran, Roman Anthony, Ceddanne Rafaela, Wilyer Abreu, Rob Refsnyder, and Masataka Yoshida, the Red Sox have a surplus of major league outfielders, but that logjam has been temporarily alleviated by Rafaela’s move to the infield following an injury to Marcelo Mayer.

Craig Breslow has maintained that the Red Sox will add at the trade deadline. If so, how could that look? To discuss the deadline and set up a crucial week for the club, Red Sox beat writer Jen McCaffrey hosted a live Q&A with The Athletic subscribers on Tuesday afternoon. Here are five key questions that were asked and answered during the chat.

Boston Red Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito offered his response to reports of a showdown from the Philadelphia Phillies slugger.

Boston Red Sox's Alex Cora cautioned his team against trusting trade deadline rumors, claiming some ESPN personnel 'made s--- up' during his time at the network.

Watch the Lehigh Valley IronPigs (PHI) vs. Worcester Red Sox (BOS) on MLB and MiLB platforms at 12:05 p.m. ET Wednesday, July 30

Brooks Lee hit a walk-off, two-run single in the bottom of the ninth inning, lifting the Minnesota Twins to a 5-4 win over the Boston Red Sox on Monday night in Minneapolis.

The Athletic released its 10 bold predictions on Tuesday, and has the Red Sox acquiring Yandy Díaz from the Tampa Bay Rays. Díaz would not only fill the first base role, but he’d also be a right-handed bat in a left-handed-heavy Boston lineup. The 33-year-old is batting .283 with 18 home runs, 62 RBI and a .469 slugging percentage.