The starting rotation has been the focus of Boston Red Sox fans this offseason. The team went into the offseason with a clear need for a #2 starter behind Garrett Crochet, with Craig Breslow admitting as much during the GM Meetings.
Then, the team went out and traded for Sonny Gray and Johan Oviedo. The moves came with mixed reviews from the fanbase because neither Gray nor Ovideo was the high-profile name they had been hoping for. Gray’s advanced analytics suggest he could fill that number two spot, but Breslow was reluctant to hand him that spot in his post-trade press conference.