Last September, things were bleak around these parts, as the Red Sox were finishing up a painful 2020 season in which they put together a dismal 24-36 record and finished last in the American League East. With a host of shortcomings weighing them down, they looked like a team that had hit rock bottom, which usually means it would be time for a slow climb back to relevancy.
In the midst of the drudgery, I wrote a two-part series projecting how the rebuild might go and what the next contending Red Sox team might look like.