Red Sox: Defensive shortcomings will bury the 2021 team

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - AUGUST 20: Manager Alex Cora #13 of the Boston Red Sox reacts before the game between the Boston Red Sox and the Texas Rangers at Fenway Park on August 20, 2021 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Omar Rawlings/Getty Images)

The defense will be the Red Sox undoing for the 2021 season

The Boston Red Sox defense has been simply wretched for the 2021 season. Defense is broken into two segments – pitching and glove work. The first has been floundering all season, with the most consistent aspect being inconsistency.

The two accomplices worked in tandem – the rotation and the bullpen. The rotation eventually had an exit signposted for Garrett Richards and Martin Pérez. And…