The Boston Red Sox have been careful, rational, and frugal so far this offseason, which are often beneficial virtues in the game of life. The problem for Boston's chief baseball officer Craig Breslow is that none of those three qualities are beneficial when it comes to building a big-market team in the game of baseball.
While the Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles have been appropriately loose with their wallets this transaction cycle, the Red Sox have been hiding in the corner of the party. Unless Breslow's about to announce himself at said party by jumping on top of the counter, smashing some bottles, and signing Bo Bichette and Framber Valdez in one fell swoop, this has been a very confusing six weeks.