Boston.com · Mar 29, 2018
Your guide to the new Red Sox season
Opening Day at Fenway Park in 2017.The Red Sox will open the 2018 regular season as the two-time defending American League East champion, but there will be plenty of obstacles as they try for a three-peat.
Here’s an Opening Day overview of the Red Sox to get you up to speed fast on the team and the season ahead.
New faces
Manager Alex Cora
Stop me if you heard this before. The Red Sox have captured the AL East each of the last two seasons after posting a record of 93-69 in both 2016 and 2017. Yet the organization decided to part ways with manager John Farrell after getting bounced in the first round of the playoffs for the second straight year.
