The first place Boston group is coming to Dunedin.
The Jays and Red Sox split a pair of games at Fenway last month. The Bostons are tied with Toronto in the loss column, but they've played three more games and won them all. What's different about this year's team?
It's mostly the pitching. The Red Sox had a decent offense last year, fifth best in the AL. They've been better this time around, mostly because J.D. Martinez has resumed being J.D. Martinez. Evidently his 2020 season was just a random blimp and not the herald of Inevitable Decline. The Sox have basically a three man offense: Martinez, Xander Bogaerts, and Rafael Devers. Bogaerts and Devers were pretty good last year, but this…
