As we’ve been looking at various free agent targets for the Red Sox over the last week or two, we’ve been expanding the scope a bit to look at various positions including second base, outfield and the bullpen. And those are all, of course, legitimate areas of need for this Red Sox club. That said, we know as well as you that the number one concern is still starting pitching, and while the other holes need to be filled nothing will matter for this team if they don’t get more starters.
Along those lines, we have looked at a couple of targets so far this winter in Corey Kluber and José Quintana, both of whom are part of a similar tier in free agency that isn’t quite at the top of the class but is either the second or third, depending on how finely you want to divide things.