Red Sox Spring Training 2024
Well, here we are. Hey everyone. Last time I wrote on here we thought Chris Sale would be a rotation piece… Yeah… He’s on the Red Sox books this year for 17M at that. Yes. 17 million dollars.
Just a quick note, Sale, Justin Turner, Manny Ramirez, and Dustin Pedroia are on the books for a grand total of 27.7M on the cap. And, the Boston Red Sox are 47.6M under the luxury tax threshold. That is after everything in the organizationthat is cap implying.
I know next free agency class may contain names such as Juan Soto, Paul Goldschmidt, Alex Bregman, Corbin Burnes, Max Fried, and many others, it still makes every fan scratch their head and ask the same question.
“Why haven’t they signed Blake Snell or Jordan Montgomery?”
Is it Scott Boras the enemy agent of baseball who did moves like bring Johnny Damon to the Yankees instead of staying (I know some very sore about that still to this day from the 2005-2009 years)? Or perhaps the asking price is too high for guys with inconsistencies?
The players are there, money is there, and the ownership is “treating this like its the Brewers” as they say. Now Rich will of course say “This is the Boston Red Sox!” And he is spot on. Another year with the reliance of cheap free agents and the dirty P word as he and the guys have been sick about. “Prospects”.
Presently, in my eyes I see a team with only 4 starting pitchers with Bello, Crawford, Giolito (who might be traded at the deadline for prospects), and then there is this debacle of who and what Pivetta and Whitlock are with their roles. Keep in mind, both 31 years old and bouncing from rotation to bullpen and vice versa.
There are concerns about this lineup to a point with 5-6 lefties in the lineup depending on who’s playing, but this team offensively has proved they hit consistently.
Much too early to decide roster spots, who is hot and cold, and lineup predictions (injuries included naturally) however there are positives. Despite ownership crying poverty, there can be some positive baseball. The ceiling is still 3rd place, but it won’t be horrible as some describe.
However, if possible this team needs a proven starting pitcher, they need to figure out who they can play at shortstop (concern for Story's arm meaning trade the 2nd base players if they can’t play shortstop), let’s see how Yoshida does in year two, and fans at some point want to hear about a plan.
Not getting under luxury tax since they are already there. Not a documentary. There are millions of fans going, “Yeah that’s great, now let’s win some games. And by some meaning winning the division again” and quite frankly that’s fair to all. Figure it out Henry and company. They’re all sick of it.