Boston Red Sox management is certainly looking beyond the 2018 season and into 2019 when the contracts of Chris Sale and Rick Porcello are done. As a look into the future, I would pass on both.
Being one to jump the gun, I will do that while needlessly fiddling with my worry beads as the Red Sox attempt to sink to the Yankees level. The pitching issue regarding free agency will surface after the conclusion of the 2018 season with Craig Kimbrel, Joe Kelly, and Drew Pomeranz, but the Big One surfaces after the 2019 season.