During the regular season, fairly or unfairly, the Red Sox always seemed carried by their stars to a disproportionate extent. Granted, there’s no way a team wins 108 games over the grind that is MLB’s regular season based solely on their star power, but the stars were always the biggest focus. On offense it was Mookie Betts and J.D. Martinez, with some help from the second-tier guys like Xander Bogaerts and Andrew Benintendi. On the mound, it was the Big Three of Chris Sale, David Price and Craig Kimbrel.
The role players have taken over
