As our readers know, we have been
very critical of
Dave Dombrowski for not signing
J.D. Martinez to fill the team's power void. Others in the blogoshpere have also vented about the team's inaction this Winter—while assessing the impact on post-season chances. All of this is appropriate—hey, we're Red Sox fans and we
expect a team to be proud of. Then,
there are the Tampa Bay Rays. Not only have they shorn franchise rock
Evan Longoria—but
Alex Cobb is headed out of town via free agency as well. That would be bad enough, but team ownership has passed down the order to shed
more payroll. So, the 2018 Rays roster will
likely not have several of the following players on it:
Alex Colome,
Brad Miller,
Jake Odorizzi,
Chris Archer,
Corey Dickerson and
Denard Span. Red Sox fans are agonizing over not
adding a player—even though we've already exceeded the luxury tax threshold. Just some perspective.
