The Red Sox are coming off a season in which they boasted one of the very worst pitching staffs we’ve ever seen from this franchise. Most of the scorn has been directed towards the rotation, which is certainly a very deserving recipient of said scorn. But we shouldn’t ignore the bullpen, which itself was a major issue.
Consider that they entered last spring with five relievers they figured could anchor the group to at least be passable in Brandon Workman, Matt Barnes, Josh Taylor, Darwinzon Hernandez and Marcus Walden. Workman was traded midway through the year.