Coming in at No. 23 in Baseball America’s preseason power rankings, the Boston Red Sox are the surprise of the AL East in 2024 after back-to-back last place finishes in arguably the toughest division in baseball.
Seven games above .500 and just two back of the Kansas City Royals in the AL Wild Card race, the newly extended culture king, Alex Cora, and his roster of homegrown sluggers have graduated from being a franchise that is merely interested in the playoffs to an organization that is serious about their postseason intentions.
Former Virginia Cavaliers catcher Teel, the fifth best catching prospect in baseball, aims to factor into that equation soon.