This is a follow-up to a previous article that was a far more drastic gutting of the Boston Red Sox in what amounted to a wholesale departure of almost the entire roster – a baseball yard sale. Now a more realistic approach and that is a tweaking that one encompasses some potentially hard decisions, but not stripping to the foundations.
The offense is just fine and seems to run rather smoothly year after year. Statistically some of the numbers may be elevated by games that become prone to a Red Sox barrage, but they produce and the key element for improvement is not giving back – hence the focus should be on pitching, the farm system, and management of payroll to allow flexibility without exceeding the now line in the sand luxury tax.