Looks like that article is a couple weeks old now.The Athletic recently had an article listing all the players that might be available for a trade
https://theathletic.com/3367735/2022/06/17/mlb-trade-deadline-2022-targets/
The only OF on that list that are appealing and obtainable for the Red Sox are
Andrew Benintendi
Mitch Haniger
Trey Mancini
1B that fit this profile
Josh Bell
Seth Brown(a career .769 OPS against RHP but also kind of just sucks)
Garrett Cooper signed through next season .834 OPS
CJ Cron, signed through next season, probably out of our prospect price range
Today the Mariners are a game above .500 (pending the outcome of their game against the Jays) and the Orioles are only two games under. The Marlins are only three under with a +4 run differential and the Rangers just four under with a +13 RD.
With three weeks before the trade deadline a lot can still happen — Os have won 7 straight to really change their place in the standings; Ms 6 straight and 9 of 10.
As of today, the most likely sellers are: Royals, Tigers, A’s, Nats, Pirates, Cubs, Reds, Rockies, D’backs. Angels should be, but probably just around the edges as they’ve got Ohtani one more year.
1B Christian Walker of the D’backs looks interesting. Right handed bat. All his numbers are below his expected numbers. His BB% of 13.4 and K% of 19.0 are both better than his career averages. BTV has his value less than Dalbec’s, maybe due to team control; but despite being 31, 2023 is Walker’s first arb year. Could make sense as a platoon bat for Franchy this year. (SSS, but 186 wRC+ in 82 PA vs lefties this year; while Bobby D is “mashing” lefties at a 113 wRC+ in 72 PA.)