http://www.espn.com/espn/now?nowId=21-0639529626871272494-4
Ben Taylor most likely to be 12th pitcher on opening day.
http://soxprospects.com/players/taylor-benjamin.htm
My guess:
Porcello
Sale
Rodriguez
Wright
Kendrick
Pom goes on 15 DL, Price is put on 60 DL.
Johnson or Elias will be first call up. Owens will not be on roster at all this year. He's traded in the offseason for a garbage UTIL.
If he's swinging well in Japan this year, they should bring him in for the stretch run. Hell, if Hanley gets hurt, they should bring him in just for the shirsey sales alone.
So, anything less than a WS ring and Sale is branded as a cancer that ruined this team. You know, the same team that was in last damn place 3 of 4 years and lost in the first round of the playoffs last year. Ok? That's a lot to put on him though.
https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/03/29/season-preview-world-series-playoffs-expert-picks-predictions?xid=socialflow_twitter_si
Of 8 SI writers:
8 have Sox in playoffs
7 have Sox winning division
4 have Sox in WS
0 have Sox winning WS