If there is one thing we’ve learned about the new regime making the decisions for the Boston Red Sox it’s that they have no tolerance for poor performance. It doesn’t matter who you are or how much money you make, if you don’t perform then you risk losing your spot to someone that can get the job done.
We saw it this spring when the Red Sox benched struggling veteran Pablo Sandoval in favor of the unproven Travis Shaw. Even before Sandoval went down with a season-ending injury, Shaw was drastically outproducing the former All-Star with the $95 million contract.