Until the new collective bargaining agreement is ratified, the Red Sox will abide by a gag order from MLB and not comment on the deal in generalities or particulars.
All of the details have yet to be revealed, but a wide array of sources including the Associated Press, Fox Sports, Yahoo and ESPN have shared enough so that we can begin to get a somewhat clearer picture of how the Red Sox will be impacted.
Here are some changes — judge for yourself if these are ranked in order of importance:
• Each team has to hire a chef
The Red Sox have had a chef for the players at Fenway for a decade.