It’s day two of spring training for the Boston Red Sox, but because it’s fun, let’s do some reading of the tea leaves.
One of the sneaky subplots of this offseason has been the Red Sox leaving the bullpen untouched. In fact, one could argue they’ve subtracted, because Steven Matz left in free agency and Brennan Bernardino and Chris Murphy were traded.
The weeks of speculation about adding another left-hander, be it Danny Coulombe, Justin Wilson, or Anthony Banda, have led to no action. And at some point, especially after hearing the Red Sox talk about him, we have to accept that Jovani Morán has the inside track to being the first lefty out of the pen.
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Morán seems like almost a layup for opening day