Despite the propaganda emanating from Yawkey Way, your currently-constituted 2018 Red Sox are going nowhere fast. With the still-unfinished re-tooling of
The Bronx Embalmers (they
will land
Gerrit Cole),
Dave Dombrowski is in serious need of three pieces: a "bat" (
J.D. Martinez), a lefty relief "arm" (
Tony Watson or
Brian Duensing), and an infield "swiss-army knife"—a guy who can play multiple positions (lots of options, but
Eduardo Nunez would be a nice fit). If we're really greedy, we'd
also say the team needs
another elite starter—we'd pick
Jake Arrieta (hey, it's not
our money). Again, that would be greedy—but do you want
Rick Porcello serving up meatballs to
Giancarlo Stanton at Fenway? Without at least these first three additions, this version of
The Carmine Hose will be
lucky to grab one of the two
AL Wild Cards.
With the three adds, they are at least competitive with
The Pinstriped Posers. Simple. No propaganda—just facts.
