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Boston Red Sox: Fixing the team in four easy steps

By Drew Athans

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - SEPTEMBER 04: Mookie Betts #50 of the Boston Red Sox rounds the bases after hitting a three run home run against the Minnesota Twins during the second inning at Fenway Park on September 04, 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - SEPTEMBER 04: Mookie Betts #50 of the Boston Red Sox rounds the bases after hitting a three run home run against the Minnesota Twins during the second inning at Fenway Park on September 04, 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) /
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TORONTO, ON – JULY 04: Michael Chavis #23 of the Boston Red Sox hits a 3 run home run in the sixth inning during a MLB game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre on July 04, 2019 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)
TORONTO, ON – JULY 04: Michael Chavis #23 of the Boston Red Sox hits a 3 run home run in the sixth inning during a MLB game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre on July 04, 2019 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images) /

Finally, how would I hypothetically wrap it up and construct the big league roster going forward? I’m planning on rebuilding around Mookie, Xander Bogaerts, Rafael Devers, Michael Chavis, Rodriguez, and (assuming I can still afford them) Andrew Benintendi and Jackie Bradley.

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For the remainder of the roster, I’d patch it together with the remaining big-league talent I have and call up my top prospects to get big-league experience as they take their lumps. Bobby Dalbec, Triston Casas, Jarren Duran, CJ Chatham, and the minor league pitchers I mentioned above would all get playing time (many of them not in their natural positions).

With glaring holes at second base, first base, in the rotation, and in the bullpen this would give me a chance to see what I’ve got, whether any of these guys can cut it at the big league level, and whether any of them can increase their value enough to bring back a good return if there’s nowhere on the Red Sox for them to fit in. Of course, this most likely means some severe growing pains and another losing season or two for the Sox, but there’s no gain without some pain.

Looking back on all of what I’ve proposed, I now realize that while it’s been an interesting thought exercise, none of it is surefire and is dependent on an awful lot of things breaking the right way. What that all tells me is that A) the Red Sox situation is an absolute mess and I don’t envy Chaim Bloom’s task one bit, and B) it all stems from the Mookie situation.

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The bad contracts they’ve given out in the past affect their ability to open the vault for Mookie (assuming they could go high enough to keep him from free agency). I could probably write this same article, reversing the entire premise at step one and trading Mookie now (which looks like it’ll happen in real life imminently).

Good thing I said at the very beginning that this was just for fun…I’m glad I’m not the one who has to fix all of this in real life!

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