As of today, the Red Sox are sitting in a playoff spot, and not by accident. While they’ve gotten lucky in some ways, to which they’ll get, they’ve also suffered the normal slings and arrows of a baseball season, with Lucas Giolito getting hurt before it started; Trevor Story, Triston Casas and Garrett Whitlock getting hurt after it started, and Masataka Yoshida not realizing, it seems, that it has started. With a stocked minor league system and a fed-up fanbase, is now the time to start buying players like a proper contender?
There are several factors to consider, the first of which is the natural regression they’re likely to face.