In that first portion of the MLB offseason, before the lockout began and transactions were frozen, there was a flurry of activity throughout the league, and specifically a flurry of activity in the starting pitching market. The Boston Red Sox largely sat out the top of that market, but they didn’t sit things out entirely, bringing in Michael Wacha, Rich Hill, and James Paxton.
As a result, the back of the rotation is a bit crowded and uncertain, albeit with a nice mix of experienced, veteran options along with young talent to provide some upside. For today’s roundtable, we’re going into a bit of a prediction mode with these pitchers.