The 2019 Red Sox had many problems and most of them could be traced back to their pitching. From a bullpen mostly bereft of quality major league talent to a starting rotation decimated by injuries (Chris Sale, David Price, Nathan Eovaldi) and ineffectiveness (Rick Porcello, Andrew Cashner), the biggest reasons the Red Sox didn’t have a chance to defend their World Series title from the year before was their poor pitching. However, while it’s easy to say that the main problem the team had was pitching and leave it at that, it can be further traced to where those issues all began: 2019 spring training.