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Yes, he very likely will. As will a few other AAAA arms. The actual prospects who se time will come from a very limited set that includes (but is not necessarily limited to) Houck, Mata, Seabold, Bazardo, and Feltman...

There is some irony in that you are just catching this multi-post drift...

Thee may be some irony in finding a full 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife. But this is more likely a case of an excessively large and inadequately supplied silverware drawer. And that is just not a very good song title or topic...

If the song had been called "bad luck and/or poor timing", it would be a lot less ironic...

And instead of walks, will they allow coach pitch for 3 pitches?

He will only help out more there by artificially inflating the statistics of opposing prospects...

There is something ironic about the fact that that song contains no true examples of irony...

Not to mention, the 2020 staff won't be needed to compensate for this outfield, as they have been disbanded and replaced by the 2021 staff...

Agreed on helping the bullpen. As for his pitching acumen, there is no real correlation between being a great player and being a great mentor. Ever notice most hitting coaches were lousy hitters? It's just as easily defensible that Saberhagen or Avery were as/more effective in this regard. And as for instilling confidence in his teammates, that is a case-by-case argument. I assume they still worry about their own individual performances. You're theory operates on the assumption that all everyone cares about is the team performance, but I have my doubts about how true that really is. After all, not one of them was going to get their next contract based on being Pedro's teammate...

Pivetta through age 27: 406 IP, 5.40 ERA, 79 ERA+ Jake Arrieta through AGE 27: 409.2 IP, 5.23 ERA, 80 ERA+ Both pitchers were traded in July of their age 27 seasons. Out of nowhere, Arrieta then put up the following number in his next 4 seasons: 751.1 IP, 2.67 ERA, 151 ERA+ Now expecting that kind of turnaround from Pivetta is certainly a bit much, but there are a lot of similarities between the two, and Arrieta has certainly shown that it's all possible. Like Arrieta, Pivetta is one of those arsenal pitchers than teams covet bcause he has the talent to be a very good pitcher. Apparently Bloom is not the only one to think so, as Tampa was also trying to acquire him, thinking he could be the next Glasnow. Now of course, the opposite could also happen. As the immortal Boof Bonser (391 IP, 5.12 ERA, 84 ERA+) also had similar numbers through his age 27 season. Boof would go on to throw only 25 innings for the rest of his career due to some injury issues. So is Pivetta another Arrieta or Bonser or, more likely, somewhwere in between? And if so, which one is he closer to and how far away?

Really there are a lot of rather mundane players who just had good seasons. But that can happen to any team. Having Pedro was a huge advantage, and havig Vaughn and Nomar was also a big deal. But this team in non-Pedro games was on a pace for a 88-74 season with a bunch of starters no different that the staff on the current team. Is there any reason the Sox cannot get Vaugh/Garciaparra type production out of Devers and Bogaerts, get good seasons out of a few others, and then put together an 88 win season? Can we really make the argument that it's impossible because this team has no one as good as Damon Buford?

And only 1 blown save. Plus one awful one in the ALDS against Cleveland...

Maybe. But the other starters were Wakefield , Saberhagen, Avery, Lowe (10 starts), Wasdin (8 stats), and Schourek (8 starts). And those starters put the Sox on a pace for 88 wins. Is this rotation comparable to those pitchers?

The 1998 Red Sox were 70-59 (.542) in games not started by Pedro.

The 1998 Red Sox had an outfield of Troy O’Leary, Darren Lewis and Darren Bragg and actually (gasp!) made the postseason....

Really there isn’t much difference between Renfroe (OPS+ of 106) and Benintendi (OPS+ of 107)...

Well one of the Killer B’s reached free agency. And a second one was going to and wanted a killer deal (and eventually signed for the second largest deal in league history). And the third one stopped killing and just became B. So he’s a Royal now...

Ottavino will be fine as a closer. Barnes is ok as long as he is not required to pitch two days in a row, as he tends to get crushed if he pitches a second consecutive day. The wild card is Darwinzon Hernandez, who has the talent and throws some serious heat, but is also prone to bouts of wildness...

True but I doubt it becomes an issue anyway. I think the Sox are pretty much done with MLB contracts and if there is any activity left, it’s just the occasional minor league deal...

So if oft-injured Franchy Cordero is actually injured to start the season, who are the candidates to replace him? If he is the LF, is Marwin Gonzalez the likely replacement? But what if he is in CF? The 40 man roster has only two other outfielders on it - Marcus Wilson and Jeisson Rosario. Rosario has never played above A ball and Wilson is not all that impressive, but is at leat close to MLB. Duran? But someone has to go to get him on the 40 man. Chavis? Is he really considered OF depth?

Can we assume the player Whitlock and Valdez are traded for is Trevor Rosenthal, since he signed a deal 6 days ago to pitch for the Oakland A's? Porcello is the available player you did not mention...

I think he will play in MLB this year. But he has not even been added to the 40 man roster yet, which is the first step...

I can find a dozen other talking heads who actually point to the alignment I mentioned. Whether or not Cora got a good long look at Duran doesn't really mean much, becuase (as moon points out), there is very likely to be service time manipulation if the yreally like him, and 2) Cora probably got a "good long look" a several other players not likely to start the season in Fenway (sadly and possibly including Tanner Houck)...

That is one thing. It looks the plan for the starting OF really is Cordero in LF, Verdugo in CF and Renfroe in RF. Not wild about a lot of that...

Yes because these February spring trainnig games are sooooooooooo meaningful.. What's that old wives' tale - whoever is in first place by St Patrick's day will clinch the pennant? Or does that not exist anymore? (That's how I do sarcasm)