Mr. Negativity goes pessimistic on Red Sox spring training

Spring training for the Boston Red Sox fan base is one of optimism, but with four players I have a tinge of pessimism that is of concern.

Spring is viewed as a rebirth by nature with early flowers poking up through the muck, snow (hopefully) gone, daylight longer, and for baseball, that means spring training and going long on optimism. Every team, or I should say about six teams, have expectations of putting the Red Sox to rest and raising a World Series banner elsewhere other than Title Town Boston.

Spring training is baseball camp and the optimism comes down to players, especially players who have serious or semi-serious question marks attached to their future. With a broad brush approach,…