NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – It’s Dec. 6. And the Red Sox already have won the winter.
Doesn’t mean they will win the 2017 World Series. Doesn’t mean the Chris Sale trade will be a guaranteed success. But that projected roster on paper? Someone laminate it and find a frame for that sucker.
As Yankees general manager Brian Cashman told reporters, referring to the Sale trade, “That’s a wow ... Boston’s like the Golden State Warriors now of baseball.”
Sale, one of the best pitchers on the planet, joins a rotation that includes last year’s free-agent prize (left-hander David Price) the reigning American League Cy Young winner (righty Rick Porcello) and, oh yes, a 2016 AL All-Star (righty Steven Wright).