Boston Red Sox: Five bold predictions for 2021 season
By Sean Penney
Bold predictions for the 2021 Boston Red Sox season
A miserable 2020 is mercifully behind us and it’s time to turn the page to begin a new chapter for the Boston Red Sox. As horribly wrong as many things went for this franchise last year, it’s easy to lose sight of the reasons why we should be optimistic about the upcoming season.
We’re starting the new year fresh by making some bold predictions for the Red Sox. What makes them bold? The point isn’t to settle for easily attainable goals. Predicting that Xander Bogaerts will hit at least .300 isn’t bold since he’s done that in each of the last two seasons and three of the last six. It would be mildly disappointing if his average finishes much lower than that figure.
Think bigger, although we do want to remain reasonable. Fans are excited about the late-season audition by Tanner Houck but let’s pump the brakes on anointing him as the next ace and a Cy Young candidate. He’s a good young pitcher but that prediction isn’t realistic.
There predictions might seem like a bit of a stretch based on what we saw in 2020 but there are viable paths to seeing them come to fruition.