Since profitable their most up-to-date World Sequence in 2018, the Boston Crimson Sox have sunk right into a state of mediocrity. They’ve made the playoffs only one time in six years, completed with simply two profitable data, and are coming off a 3rd consecutive disappointing season the place they have been an afterthought within the American League East.
This isn’t what the Crimson Sox ought to be.
They’ve the funds and sources to compete with anyone in baseball, and this offseason they lastly took a giant step towards changing into a related energy within the American League once more. After buying and selling for beginning pitcher Garrett Crochet, the Crimson Sox made a fair larger splash simply earlier than the beginning of spring coaching once they signed former Houston Astros Gold Glover and star Alex Bregman.
Bregman’s deal is for 3 years, $120 million and consists of opt-outs after every season.
That’s essential to notice as a result of Bregman is becoming a member of the Crimson Sox with the intention of being a part of a contending staff, which he made very clear on Sunday after reporting to spring coaching.
From ESPN:
“I am a profitable participant. This can be a profitable group,” Bregman stated at Sunday’s information convention. “These gamers are profitable gamers. We’ve got profitable coaches right here. I plan on profitable right here after speaking with among the guys during the last two days. I can see that there is one thing particular right here.”
Bregman has been a part of a staff (Houston Astros) that has recognized nothing however profitable for the majority of his profession. He’s most likely not going to have a lot endurance for dropping, and the inclusion of opt-outs after every year of his new cope with the Crimson Sox offers him a straightforward out if the Crimson Sox are unable to get out of their run of mediocrity.
These previous few years have been comparatively uncharted territory for the Crimson Sox over the previous 25 to 30 years. Even once they have been lacking the playoffs within the early 2000s and the early 2010s, they have been nonetheless ending with profitable data and constantly profitable round 90 video games in these seasons.
They might not have all the time had playoff success, however they have been nonetheless in it virtually yearly.
They haven’t been in a position to say that in latest seasons, and there’s no excuse for that given their historical past and sources. It needed to be particularly irritating in 2024 as a result of the wild-card race was there for the taking if they might have simply managed to place collectively a number of extra wins.
Including an All-Star degree participant in Bregman and a possible front-line starter in Crochet in a single offseason is a pleasant step towards attempting to repair it. Now it has to really occur on the sector.
