For all the offseason talk about J.D. Martinez, an equally important development occurred without getting enough attention. The top of the Red Sox rotation became healthy.
Chris Sale, David Price and Rick Porcello are thriving, and their combined output means even more than Martinez’ bat.
The Red Sox’ Big Three is not the best in all of baseball — more on that later — but for this team this season, it’s the essential missing ingredient.
Astute fans will recall entering spring training 2017, the hype was all about run prevention.