After long last, Opening Day is finally here, and the Red Sox are going to get their 2022 season underway against the Yankees on Friday afternoon, with Nathan Eovaldi taking on Gerrit Cole. It’s a fascinating season coming up for Boston, who are trying to build off a surprisingly successful 2021, but doing so in one of the most loaded divisions that we’ve seen in some time. By many projection systems, the Red Sox are fourth among in that group, but the margin between the top and bottom of the foursome is hardly an impossible gap to pass.
The five X-Factors who will determine the Red Sox season
