In this first portion of the offseason coming in before the lockout and subsequent transaction freeze, the focus around the Boston Red Sox roster has largely been in the rotation and the outfield. They signed three veteran starters to join the depth chart among starting pitchers, and the trade of Hunter Renfroe also opened up a plethora of opportunities to make changes in the outfield and shore up the lineup. Throw in some Trevor Story rumors to boost the talk around the infield as well, and those have been the main areas of conversation around the team.
That’s all fair and places where the team can reasonably upgrade, but it has served to cover up the area perhaps in the most need of an overhaul, which is in the bullpen.