Everyone’s an expert when the games start, but forecasting baseball becomes as difficult as pinning the snow-rain line on the next nor’easter. So much can happen: One injury can affect an entire lineup, an injury to a starter impacts the bullpen, and an off-year or bust-out year can change everything.
Anybody can project 40 home runs for J.D. Martinez or 300 strikeouts for Chris Sale, but let’s predict outside-the-box a bit, OK? Picking longshots is simply more fun than the short-odds stuff, so here are a few 2018 Red Sox predictions that may wind up having as much of a chance to see the light of day than the so-called “safe” picks.