A Realistic View at the 2027 Red Sox Part I

[moonslav59]

1 minute ago, Hitch said:

That may well be. It is separate to the point(s) I was making, however. He was our, or at least one of our, most important offensive players going into the season and we lost him for a large part of it. Now he has question marks over him going into next year (around health) and we can't build a project around him. 

I agree that we simply cannot make plans based on 500+ PAs from Anthony. I do think Brez attempted to mitigate that fact during the season and both Mead and AR are back for 2027, too. (Mead for 3 more seasons.)

Those two players are not chumps, and they both cost a pretty penny. Those two in season moves, not even counting the Miller trade were the largest since Schawrber.

The thing is, they (plus Contreras & Durbin) needed to make up for the loss of  not just Anthony but also Story, Devers and Bregman. The big drop off from Duran hurt, too.

Maybe I'm too high on Mead and AR, but I see them as significant additions for the full 2027 season, but we need more.