Saturday was a very busy day for the Red Sox front office, and most of it was before they presumably joined the rest of us in panic mode after Chris Sale left his start against the Astros early following a line drive striking him in the hip. Frankly, there’s too much happening too quickly for everything to get its own post, so we’ll break it all down here. Ready? Tbh it doesn’t matter, because I’m starting anyway.
The most intriguing battle on the Red Sox roster has always been for the end of the bench, and after Blake Swihart quickly made his convincing case to stay with the team on Opening Day, it came down to Deven Marrero or Brock Holt for the final bench spot.