With a possible solution to get the MLB season underway these 3 Boston Red Sox players must be itching for everything to work out.
Sports fans are desperately craving some form of live entertainment. In April, Boston Red Sox fans are used to packing Fenway Park. No one is doing that now.
We don’t know how long it could be until baseball is back. MLB needs to be careful and ensure that they aren’t risking the health of players and coaches just to make a financial gain.
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Whenever the season does start it will be without fans. It will take a while for society to feel comfortable gathering in such large groups again.
Luckily it seems like MLB has come up with a possible solution to get the season underway. Jeff Passan broke the news and the idea is rather interesting.
All 30 teams would play games in Arizona utilizing the Diamondbacks stadium as well as spring training facilities. Players, coaches, and other staff members would stay in local hotels and basically live in isolation and would only travel to and from the stadium.
The thing that makes this plan so interesting is that the Center for Disease Control has been supportive of such a plan. That makes it much more likely to happen compared to other plans.
If this plan does go through baseball will be back and probably the most popular sport in the country for the time being. They would be the only show in town.
These Red Sox players definitely wouldn’t mind the opportunity to get the season underway.
Xander Bogaerts
When you sign a new contract you want to prove to the fans and your team that you are worth the investment. A lot of players haven’t been able to do that yet.
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The Red Sox signed Xander Bogaerts to a massive deal before the season. It was definitely a smart move seeing that Mookie Betts is no longer on the team. Bogaerts is someone you can build around.
Bogaerts deal will pay him a total of $20 million over 6 years. That type of money can add some pressure.
X is coming off the best MLB season of his career. He belted 33 home runs for 117 RBIs and also had a .309 batting average.
If Bogaerts wants to make fans happy he will have to put up similar numbers. Most important;y you will want to continue to see Bogaerts get over 100 RBIs and have a batting average hovering around .300.
Bogaerts will be apart of a stacked left side of the infield. Hopefully, the Red Sox will sign Rafael Devers to a long term deal as these two have the potential to bring in a lot of runs.
Being away from the game and stuck at home just adds more pressure for Bogaerts. Now he will have fewer games to prove he is a valuable investment.
Eduardo Rodriguez
Right now the Boston Red Sox are without there supposed ace. Chris Sale had Tommy John surgery so even if there is a season he won’t be pitching. This gave Eduardo Rodriguez a unique opportunity.
E-Rod is coming off a fantastic 2019. He was far and away the best Red Sox pitcher last season. Rodriguez had a 19-6 record with a 3.81 ERA and over 200 strikeouts.
One of the most important stats to come from E-Rod was his innings pitched being over 200. Guys like Chris Sale and David Price weren’t able to last that long. Rodriguez has been a consistent workhouse for Boston.
With Sale out for the season and Price in LA, Rodriguez has an interesting opportunity once baseball returns. If Rodriguez can continue to put up similar numbers he will be the ace for the Red Sox.
Boston could have an opportunity to make up for the Jon Lester debacle and ensure that the team has an ace for the future. On the other hand, Boston could pull a Mookie Betts and fail to break out the checkbook.
Eduardo Rodriguez is definitely itching to get back out on the field and prove that last season was not a fluke.
Alex Verdugo
Life hasn’t exactly been easy for Alex Verdugo since coming to Boston. Being apart of the trade that sent Mookie Betts comes with the territory.
The fact that Verdugo was apart of the Betts trade adds a boatload of pressure. No matter what he will always be compared to him.
There are also Verdugo’s off the field issues. He comes with some baggage that makes it hard to like him.
If the season was underway maybe we could have grown accustomed to him, but with no baseball, we are left looking at Verdugo’s past failures. If Verdugo was ripping dingers and helping the Red Sox win he could have grown favor with the fans.
But now baseball fans are just left sitting and waiting. We really have no idea when any type of sports will be back. Life itself has become so unpredictable it’s hard to picture when sports will be back.
One day baseball will be back. It seems like there is hope that a season will be salvaged. Other sports like basketball and hockey might not be as lucky. So we will just have to wait and see when baseball comes back whether it is in a few months or an entire year.