Welcome back to Smash Or Pass, our offseason series in which we examine various free agents and trade targets to determine whether they make sense for the Red Sox. Next up, a damn good pitcher.
Corbin Burnes is really freaking good. The 2021 National League Cy Young Award winner, he spent last year with Baltimore, smoking the Red Sox at the home opener and once more in the spring. Only in August did Boston get some revenge, with a whopping eight runs against the ace—not that it did much to his underlying numbers, as he finished the season with a 2.