Red Sox acquire Curtis Mead, trade LHP Connelly Early to Nationals

Curtis Mead’s 2026 batted ball profile overlaid at Fenway Park - this is why the team likes RHH who can pull the ball in the air:

On the first (surprising) deal of what could be an eventful trade deadline period for the Nationals: Curtis Mead to Boston for Connelly Early. natsjournal.com/p/nats-trade...

Passan: "The Red Sox are not expected to stop with this deal, either, continuing to consider larger deals for another bat, sources said."

People usually take on fragments of a local accent after living somewhere long enough. (I've got one or two stray Chicago vowels after my three stints in the Midwest.) I hope Curtis Mead plays in Boston for 10 years so we can study him for science.

Published this morning: Corner infielder Curtis Mead (Nationals) has hit lefties well and offers some speed. The 25-year-old has already been traded three times in his career. Presumably, Washington president of baseball operations Paul Toboni could swing a deal with Breslow, his former boss.

BREAKING: The Boston Red Sox are trading left-hander Connelly Early to the Washington Nationals for infielder Curtis Mead, sources tell ESPN.

You know, a rotation made up primarily of pitchers acquired for Curtis Mead would be better than like a third of the league’s rotations right now.

We have acquired LHP Connelly Early from the Boston Red Sox in exchange for INF Curtis Mead.

In saying goodbye, Connelly Early tells #RedSox Nation it's "impossible to describe the amount of joy and happiness you have brought to my life." Last night Early was dealt to #Nationals for infielder Curtis Mead, who will be with the team tomorrow.

I have not been as baffled in the thought process of a trade in a long time as I am by the concept of trading Connelly Early, a very good 24-year-old SP with top prospect background, for Curtis Mead, a corner guy who is less than 350 good but not profile-altering PA removed from being DFA’d

Red Sox’s Breslow was like, “we’ve won all these games recently…what can I do to mess it up?”

Players were asked what song they think is overplayed at ballparks. Well WELCOME TO FENWAY, CURTIS MEAD. LMFAOOOOOOO

Curtis Mead is 25 years old. This is the fourth trade of his career, and the Red Sox will be his fifth organization. He’s been traded for Cristopher Sánchez, Adrian Houser, Boston Smith and now Connelly Early. Sánchez, Smith and Early were all one-for-one deals.

Waking up to find out the Red Sox traded Connelly Early for a short-side platoon bat who’s a bad defender

The Red Sox having to give up Kyle Harrison and Connelly Early in the span of the year to boost their offense is not a great sign given how many big hitting prospects they had not so long ago.