The BoSox Injection staff ranks the top handful of players in Boston Red Sox history at each position. We begin with starting pitchers.
The Boston Red Sox will enter the 2017 season with a loaded rotation, led by a trio of aces that form what is expected to be the most dominant staff in the American League.
As great as this pitching staff is capable of being, none of them crack the top five on this list of the greatest pitchers in franchise history. The Red Sox have a rich history chalk full of legendary figures that are among the best to ever take the mound.
To compile this list we need to look beyond overall career accomplishments and consider what they contributed to this franchise. Perhaps Chris Sale continues on his current trajectory to earn a spot on this list one day, but he’s yet to throw a pitch in a Red Sox uniform so we can’t count him. David Price has had a spectacular career, but his one season in Boston wasn’t exactly his best. Rick Porcello is the reigning Cy Young Award winner, but this year was really the only great season he’s ever put together.
So who does make the list? Let’s find out.