I disagree. If they are bringing Hill, Wacha and Eovaldi back again, they need to be prepared for long IL stints again. These guys do take up space on the 40 man. Are they also going to go with the Paxton/Sale experiment again?
Why? This doesn't make sense at all. When you're Mookie Betts, the pandemic doesn't affect your contract. His ask of $420 wasn't a demand, but part of a negotiation. Sox chose to withdraw rather than meet in the middle which would have been close to $365. Makes more sense that $365 is closer to what he actually expected regardless of the pandemic. People just use the pandemic as an excuse for why the contract wasn't as large as they thought it was going to be.
I wouldn't even pencil in Refsnyder as making the opening day roster. He's been a lifelong backup for a reason. He's been a brightspot for a miserable team. Don't expect it to carry over guys.
Sale extension and re-signing Eovaldi (the feel good move after the WS).
The Bogey contract was good. If anything, DD should have opened his wallet and overpaid Mookie.
Aside from a stretch in June, was he consistently in that role? It's been a hodgepodge of guys getting saves for the Sox this year: Schreiber, Strahm, Whitlock, Houck and they even experimented with Robles at one point.