Over the Monster Jan 18, 2021
What is the Red Sox’s plan at second base?
Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/ The Red Sox have a few different paths they could follow in 2021 when it comes to second base, a position that really needs to be improved. Following a last place finish in 2020, there are a slew of areas the Boston Red Sox need to improve upon to return to a competitive state in 2021. Along with addressing the starting rotation, bullpen and the outfield, the Red Sox have to find a solution at second base. While the rest of the infield is seemingly locked in with established stars (Xander Bogaerts and Rafael Devers) or a rising...
Over the Monster Dec 22, 2020
The Red Seat Podcast: No, the Red Sox should *not* go into a hard rebuild
Photo by Carmen Mandato/ In this episode Jake and Matt explain why a deep is not the way to go. Merry almost Christmas and happy holidays to everyone! This offseason has been quite boring so far, so there isn’t much to talk about. As a result people are filling the time by writing fictional trade pieces. The piece in question ran on MLB.com yesterday and frankly made me very angry. It suggested that the Red Sox could trade Xander Bogaerts for what amounted to a bag of balls from the Phillies. Matt and I then decided to spend the majority of this episode looking at...
