The Boston Red Sox have only played 5 games, but that doesn’t mean we can’t make some predictions based on their rough start to the season.
This season has been a rough one for Boston Red Sox fans so far. The team has been struggling mightily and has been a massive disappointment.
No one could have expected that the Red Sox would only have one win in their first 5 games. They are the defending champions. The roster is basically the same. Boy were Red Sox fans wrong.
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Everyone that you thought you could rely on is performing poorly while some surprising players are having good starts to the season.
It is clear that things aren’t going to be as they appear. The road to the World Series will be a difficult one.
So here are 3 predictions based off the Red Sox’s horrid start to the season.
1. Chris Sale wasn’t worth his contract extension
Chris Sale got a nice little payday in the offseason. He signed a 5 year $145 million extension. Sale isn’t leaving Boston anytime soon.
Sale kicked off the season in the worst way possible. He only pitched 3 innings and gave up 7 earned runs and 3 home runs. It can’t get much worse than that.
Things have to turn around quickly for Sale and the rest of the Red Sox’s rotation. David Price and Nathan Eovaldi are the only starters to pitch more than 4 innings.
The Boston Red Sox will not be repeating if Chris Sale and the rest of the rotation continue to perform at such a poor level.
2. J.D. for MVP
There isn’t a lot of good things about the Red Sox’s season so far, but one guy has been playing great, J.D. Martinez.
Martinez’ bat is on fire. So far this season he has a .381 batting average with 2 home runs and 7 RBI’s. If he keeps this up he will put up some amazing numbers.
This would be pretty interesting for Red Sox’s fans if Martinez was to win the MVP. The last time we saw a team have two straight MVP’s was 2011-2013 when the Detroit Tigers had Justin Verlander win in 2011 and then Miguel Cabrera won it two years in a row.
The Boston Red Sox will definitely need Martinez to continue to hit the ball all over the park. Maybe we will even see him in the Home Run Derby?
So far J.D. Martinez definitely looks like an early candidate for the AL MVP.
3. The closing situation is just fine
There were a lot of concerns about the Boston Red Sox’s closing situation. Craig Kimbrel is no longer on the team. That left a humongous hole in the bullpen.
Before the season Alex Cora spoke about the issue and hinted at using a closer by committee approach. This sounded like a bad idea.
So far the bullpen is doing rather well. They have gotten a lot of work with the starting rotation getting off to bad starts.
The only closer we have seen so far is Matt Barnes and he was able to clinch the only win for the Red Sox striking out two batters in the 9th.
So things aren’t looking so good for the Red Sox this season. Lucky for them the MLB season is a long one so even though it is frustrating they can stumble out of the gate.
Hopefully the Red Sox will get back to their winning ways sooner rather than later.