Is there anything the front office can do the next 10 days to improve parts of this team? They could use another bat off the bench and the pen could use further upgrading.
They aren't going to get a reliever better than what they have internally that would happen to slip through waivers. Maybe Beeks gets a look out of the pen, but certainly Smith, Boyer, probably one or two of Maddox, Taylor and Martin should be up to get the top guys some rest.
There aren't many teams that wouldn't trade pens with the Red Sox. Rodriguez may be the odd man out come playoff time, so he's another piece
Roster expansion should take care of everything else. Lin is their pinch runner, Brentz is probably a bench option, though with the roster crunch, it's not 100%.