With the trade deadline looming, a Major League executive claims that the Red Sox are trying to trade Josh Beckett. "They're trying to dump him," the executive said, "but I don't think anyone would touch him without a big discount." Boston general manager Ben Cherington said in a radio interview on Friday that trading Beckett isn't necessarily the solution to the team's issues. "Taking Josh Beckett off this team is not necessarily improving things," Cherington said. "We need to add, we need to improve the rotation, if anything -- improve internally or add to the rotation. I think we're sort of stuck in neutral if we start taking guys out of the rotation that are good major league pitchers." As a 10/5 player -- 10 years in the big leagues, at least five with the same team -- Beckett has the right to veto any deal.