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Position breakdown of how Red Sox stack up against AL East competition

By Daniel Fox

BOSTON, MA - JULY 25: Enrique Hernandez #5 of the Boston Red Sox slides home safely ahead of the tag by catcher Gary Sanchez #24 of the New York Yankees to score the go ahead run during the eighth inning of Bostons 5-4 win at Fenway Park on July 25, 2021 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images)
BOSTON, MA - JULY 25: Enrique Hernandez #5 of the Boston Red Sox slides home safely ahead of the tag by catcher Gary Sanchez #24 of the New York Yankees to score the go ahead run during the eighth inning of Bostons 5-4 win at Fenway Park on July 25, 2021 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images) /
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ST PETERSBURG, FL – OCTOBER 08: Rafael Devers #11 of the Boston Red Sox hits a two run home run during the eighth inning of game two of the 2021 American League Division Series against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on October 8, 2021 in St Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) /

How do the Red Sox compare to the rest of the AL East?

The 2021 AL East was arguably the most stacked division in baseball history. No division had ever featured four 90-win teams before, but the Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, Tampa Bay Rays, New York Yankees all exceeded that threshold last year.

But 2021 is old news. 2022 is a brand-new year, and each roster comes into the season after undergoing some minor turnover. As we (hopefully) approach Opening Day, I decided to look at how the Red Sox measure up to the other powerhouses in the AL East.

To come up with a quantitative answer, I assigned point totals to each position. Having the best player at a position in the division gets you ten points, having the second-best gets you seven points, third is five points, fourth is three points, and fifth is one point. For the starting rotation, those numbers move to twenty, fifteen, ten, five, and one.

This is not a perfect way to predict team success, of course, but it should give us an idea of how much work the Red Sox still need to do in building a competitive team.

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