COMMENTARY
Isn’t hope nice?
This version of hope, I mean. Following the Red Sox these past five years has been nothing but an exercise in hope, groping through names might offer one something at a time when reaching playoff baseball requires so little.
Alex Verdugo. Bobby Dalbec. Michael Chavis. Franchy Cordero. Garrett Whitlock. Martín Pérez. Josh Taylor. Tanner Houck. Christian Arroyo. Christian Vázquez. Hunter Renfroe.
Jarren Duran, before adoption of expletive as mantra. Jackie Bradley Jr., after any of the good memories. Chris Sale, before and after the Tommy John and the TV and the line drive and the bike.