Boston.com · Feb 17, 2023
4 Red Sox perspectives on baseball’s radically shifted (and shift-less) rules landscape
Richard Bleier, then with the Marlins, was called for three balks in one at-bat last fall against the Mets.COMMENTARY
Change is a bit of a thing with your 2023 Red Sox. It happens with last-place teams, but this is no tweak. A third of the likely lineup, nearly half the rotation, and likely half the bullpen didn’t play in carmine hose last year.
Consider things thusly. For roughly the same money, the Red Sox swapped:
Out: Xander Bogaerts, J.D. Martinez, Nathan Eovaldi, Michael Wacha, Rich Hill, Matt Strahm, and Matt Barnes
In: Masataka Yoshida, Justin Turner, Adam Duvall, Corey Kluber, Kenley Jansen, Chris Martin, Joely Rodriguez, Richard Bleier, and Adalberto Mondesi
