The Red Sox pitching staff doesn’t exactly inspire much confidence

The Red Sox placed Brian Johnson on waivers in the offseason, but no other team wanted him.COMMENTARY

Perhaps you haven’t paid much notice, what with the constant concerning news updates as Major League Baseball lurches toward a restart that feels both premature and ill-considered, but your 60-game-sprint Red Sox have a starting pitching problem.

Specifically, they don’t have any.

A quick inventory: 19-game winner Eduardo Rodriguez is recovering from COVID-19, leaving his status for the early part of the abbreviated season in limbo. And it’s too soon to call him an ace anyway. He’s been inconsistent enough in the past that he must prove he can do it again for us to fully trust him at the front…