Daily Red Sox Links: Addison Reed, Carson Smith, Dustin Pedroia

Addison Reed might not have been the biggest or most dramatic deal of the trade deadline (Hello, Yu Darvish), but he makes the Red Sox bullpen much better. (Joshua Schrock; NESN)

With needs in the bullpen, the deal for Reed made all sorts of sense for Boston. (Alex Speier; Boston Globe)

Getting Reed means the Red Sox finally have a reliably good arm in the bullpen other than Craig Kimbrel. (Jeff Sullivan; FanGraphs)

Speaking of bullpen arms, Carson Smith, who was supposed to fill Reed’s presumed role after coming over in a trade with Seattle, is nearing a rehab assignment. (Christopher Smith: MassLive)

Dustin Pedroia may still land on the DL at some point. (Evan Drellich; CSNNE)

The Yankees also made a few trades before the deadline, including bringing in Sonny Gray. Dave Dombrowski thinks it makes them the Golden State Warriors of baseball. (Scott Lauber; ESPN)

Now that the deadline is over, who was the best reliever dealt? (Eno Sarris; FanGraphs)

With an obvious lack of power on the roster, are the Red Sox regretting not going after Edwin Encarnacion more aggressively? (Jonathan Costa; ESPN)