Dombrowski looking for trade help to aid struggling Red Sox

Boston Red Sox president Dave Dombrowski is doing everything in his power to help his scuffling team.

Although he's been working the phones, he admits there isn't much to work with out there on the trade market.

"It's still early," Dombrowski told the Boston Herald's Evan Drellich. "I can tell you I've done a great deal of work, there's five clubs that are willing to talk about it.

"They're the same five clubs that have been at it all year, so it's still a little early for that type of situation. We'll just see what happens."

Beside the fact Boston's lineup is depleted by injuries, they have nine players on the disabled list, the club is 12-17 since May 26. That day, they led the division by two games over the Baltimore Orioles.

After Sunday's loss, the Red Sox are four games back of Baltimore, with the Toronto Blue Jays a game behind Boston.

Dombrowski isn't worried, but he knows his need for a trade doesn't necessarily mean another team will be just as willing.

"I think the thing you got to remember is, it takes two clubs to make a deal," he said. "And most clubs, as I've said all along - and it hasn't changed whatsoever really - are not prepared to move towards 2017 and be in a position of where they're willing to move.

"I mean, there's probably five clubs that have been looking at that all year long, and I think those five clubs are probably the five that remain."