This week’s events — namely, the Red Sox parting ways with Alex Cora — happened after I pushed out the question for today’s roundtable. I’m sure next week we’ll have something in that realm for next week. In the meantime, this week we are dealing with the bullpen. Specifically, the question is: “Do the Red Sox need to add another closer-type reliever before the season?” I made sure to emphasize the word need to differentiate from “should.” Here are the responses.
No, the Red Sox do not need to add another closer-type reliever before the season starts.