Rumor has it that the Boston Red Sox are currently in discussions with free agent first basemen Adam LaRoche. In light of the state of the franchise, the other teams in the AL East, and the other additions the Sox made this winter, this is a bad idea.
To figure out why this is a bad move, we need to start at last season. Boston lost more than 90 games this season for the first time in recent memory. They finished last in the AL East and in the process dumped veteran stars Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford, and Josh Beckett. They also learned that they have significant holes in their rotation as Clay Buchholz and Jon Lester had terrible seasons. At the start of the winter, they had to fill all those voids (starters, left fielder, first basemen) while also dealing with holes at shortstop and potentially behind the plate. Further, star centerfielder Jacoby Ellsbury is only a year away from free agency and is likely to leave. Why is he likely to leave? Because the Sox have, supposedly, lea...
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PLAYERS:
Adam LaRoche,
Adrian Gonzalez,
Carl Crawford,
Josh Beckett,
Clay Buchholz,
Jon Lester,
Jacoby Ellsbury,
Alex Rodriguez,
Evan Longoria,
James Shields,
Josh Johnson,
Mark Buehrle,
Jose Reyes,
Shane Victorino,
Ryan Dempster,
Koji Uehara,
David Ross,
Stephen Drew,
Mike Napoli
TEAMS: Boston Red Sox, Washington Nationals, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, Kansas City Royals, Toronto Blue Jays
TEAMS: Boston Red Sox, Washington Nationals, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, Kansas City Royals, Toronto Blue Jays
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