You’ll excuse any fan of the Red Sox who wants to put pretty much all of their focus this winter on the pitching staff. Anyone who watched even a portion of the 2020 season knows they were a historically bad staff, and while the sheer advancement of time and normal regression should fix some of that, there is essentially no way for this roster to be respectable without upgrades on that front. That’s the priority for fans, and Chaim Bloom himself has alluded to that being a priority for the team as well.
And beyond the pitching woes, there is also plenty of concern about what they will do in the outfield.