COMMENTARY
At the end of October, hitting coach Tim Hyers departed the Red Sox for a fresh challenge. That ended up being the Texas Rangers, where he could be a new voice for a rising tide of prospects as a rebuild hopefully comes to fruition.
The logical jump is obvious, with the Red Sox offense cratering in the early months after the switch to Peter Fatse, a highly praised lieutenant who was everybody’s choice — including Hyers’s — to take over the lead job.
The Globe’s Alex Speier covered this angle at length earlier in the week, with the Sox and Rangers about to play a weekend series.