How are they doing this? After the first 29 games of the season, the Red Sox have lost their starting shortstop, first baseman, and three key members of the starting rotation to the IL, including Opening Day starter Brayan Bello. Add in scattered injuries to relievers and backup infielders, and the Sox have had to trot out some lineups light on name recognition, let alone star power, throughout April. And yet, they are hovering three games above .500. I ask again: How are they doing this?
I’m not sure we’ll ever get a definitive answer there, but despite the other shoe inevitably hurtling toward our collective heads, this team has managed to be a winning one, for at least the first month.