Following a woeful shortened 2020 season, in which they finished in last place in the American League East, the consensus is that the Red Sox are an improved team this year.
The main question, however, is just how much they’ve improved.
A group of ESPN baseball writers called the moves the Red Sox made this offseason “underrated,” and they offered their two-cents on their chances.
Bradford Doolittle called them “something of a run prevention mess” but said they have a good enough offensive profile to project right around .500. He noted that chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom was part of a Tampa Bay Rays front office that excelled at keeping teams off the scoreboard, so perhaps this group of Red Sox players will surprise in that area.