The same bunch of guys who
guaranteed an Alabama win the other night are
projecting your 2019 Red Sox as the third-best team in the American League. You might recall that the 2018 edition of
The Carmine Hose (essentially unchanged for 2019) won 108 regular-season games
and the World Series. No matter to the odd-makers in Vegas (specifically
Caesars Palace), who see the Houston Astros topping the league in wins (97.5), followed by
The Bronx Embalmers (96.5) and the Red Sox (95.5). So, according to these rocket scientists, Boston will regress by 12.5 wins. Not bloody likely. Assuming they get
Craig Kimbrel back (and he has figured out why he was delivering cardiac saves in the post-season), Boston will basically field the same roster that blew through MLB last year. So, you can take all this with a grain of salt—and place that salt in the same drawer as your
Tua Tagovailoa MVP t-shirt.
