And on this, you can blame the players, the coaching staff AND management. The Sox clearly didn't take this seriously enough and it messed up their playoff push.
I know you like to be disagreeable, but jacko originally said "(the Sox) have played over their skis all year and it’s finally catching up with them in heart breaking fashion." His original statement had ZERO to do with health, but with production.
I liked Richards and even thought "just make him the closer" but I would not have them pick up the option. That's just too much money for him. You could decline the option and still bring him back at less money.
I said Verdugo's 2020 seemed to be an aberration. Bogey's numbers were average per fWAR. He had his career year in 2019. Devers had a career year in 2019 as well. Seems like this year is a more reasonable expectation.
And per fWAR, ERod's year was average.