"Arizona GM Kevin Towers just took Justin Upton off the market. So you can forget the idea of the Red Sox trading for him.

"It's highly unlikely Justin Upton leaves the desert," he said.

At this point, I'm not sure the Red Sox have the prospects left to make a major deal unless they want to deal away Ryan Kalish, Jose Iglesias, Drake Britton, Felix Doubront or Stolmy Pimentel."