I said on this week’s Red Seat Podcast that I thought the Trevor Story signing was the most consequential free agent signing since Manny Ramirez. I will now expand on this.
As I noted, prior to the Ramirez deal, the idea of a marquee free agent coming to Boston was basically unheard of. The previous big signing the Sox had made in the years leading up to it was Jose Offerman, because players of Offerman’s caliber were the type who willingly, if ultimately begrudgingly, came to the Sox. The point is that Boston wasn’t anyone’s first choice.