For a team coming off a division title, the Boston Red Sox face their fair share of question marks entering the offseason.
Returning to the postseason after a pair of dismal last place finishes shows tremendous progress, but anything short of a World Series trophy isn’t going to cut it in this town. The moves that Red Sox president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski made last winter helped get the team to this point, but there’s still work to be done in order to make the leap from making the playoffs to being an actual championship contender. Based on what we saw when the Red Sox were swept by the Cleveland Indians in the ALDS, we’re not there yet.