Red Sox should name Brandon Workman closer for 2020 season

If Brandon Workman can replicate his stellar stats from last year, the Red Sox bullpen will feature a key contributor in the late innings.

A listless, insipid third place finish in 2019 left Boston Red Sox fans disappointed and disillusioned with a team that was supposed to have a real shot at defending its World Series title.

The two best stories to come out of a consistently inconsistent season were the rise of Xander Bogaerts as an MVP caliber player (.309 BA, 33 homers, 117 RBI, and a .939 OPS) and the emergence of a healthy, effective Eduardo Rodriguez who boasted career bests in wins (19), ERA (3.81), strikeouts (213), and innings pitched (203.1) while essentially anchoring the Sox…