The saga barely bears repeating for the Boston Red Sox at this point.
Trading away the team’s best power bat in Rafael Devers was a real risk for a team that already lacked power. Then, this offseason, third baseman Alex Bregman departed in free agency, and the Red Sox replaced his bat in the lineup with Willson Contreras from a power standpoint, which is probably close to a wash.
On Tuesday, ZiPS preseason projections made the Red Sox the only team in Major League Baseball without a projected 20-homer bat. Given that one of the first objectives Boston set itself after the season was to add more guys who could hit the ball out of the park, it was an ironic moment, even if someone on the roster ends up blowing that projection away.
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