Red Sox manager
Alex Cora announced an odd strategy for the upcoming ALDS series with
The Bronx Embalmers. Boston will likely
"rotate" a bevy of players through most infield spots and catcher—even
within individual games. This is to take advantage of the deep and talented bench the Red Sox have—
and provide the best match-ups against
Pinstriped Poser pitching. While this is a little unorthodox, it does
not rise to the stupidity of "opening" pitchers. It looks as if first base will be a rotation of
Mitch Moreland,
Steve Pearce and
Brock Holt—with Pearce getting all starts against left-handed pitching. Second base will fluctuate between Holt and
Ian Kinsler, while third-base will see
Rafael Devers,
Eduardo Nunez and Holt switch around with each other. At catcher (where Boston had the
worst offensive production in the entire MLB in 2018), there will be a 'round-robin' of
Sandy Leon,
Blake Swihart and
Christian Vazquez. It looks as if shortstop will (rightly) be the
exclusive domain of
Xander Bogaerts. In general, this sounds like a pretty good plan—since Boston will likely need
all of its "bullets" to put down
The Evil Ones.
