SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 27: Trevor Rosenthal #47 of the San Diego Padres pitches against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park on September 27, 2020 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)
Red Sox past pitching success is indicative of the current need
Baseball revolves around pitching and in 2020 the fault lines for Boston Red Sox failure ran through that bump in the middle of the diamond. The rotation did nothing to minimize the anguish as the Red Sox tossed several into the offensive meat grinder which did nothing to temper or remedy the situation.