Baseball Prospectus unveiled their top Red Sox prospects on Monday, and there wasn’t much surprise at the top of the list, though a few did come further down. (Jeffrey Paternostro, Keanan Lamb, and BP Prospect Staff; Baseball Prospectus)
Alex Cora was obviously not able to manage the Red Sox last year, but it turns out it was a pretty good year to miss as the team he comes back to looks much different, in mostly better ways, than the one he left. (Chad Finn; Boston Globe)
One of the more controversial down-ballot MVP votes went to Alex Verdugo, who got a fifth place vote.