It’s the winter of our disconnect with the valve to the Red Sox’ hot stove closed tightly as the standoff between nearly all the teams in baseball and nearly all the available free agents shows no signs of ending anytime soon.
Around here, the story of the Red Sox’ glaring need — more power! — is old news, and the club’s attempt to strike a deal with their best available option, J.D. Martinez, is moving at a snail-like speed.
At this extended moment of inaction, let’s take stock of what we like and what we don’t about the current state of the Red Sox.