The Boston Crimson Sox enter the MLB Winter Conferences in Dallas, Texas in want of a splash.
They continue to be within the Juan Soto sweepstakes and the slugger may begin a domino impact of main additions across the league as soon as he indicators. That’s when the Crimson Sox can pounce on a couple of wants with affect strikes to ship a playoff-caliber workforce in 2025.
Right here’s how potential strikes on the Winter Conferences may affect Boston’s roster subsequent season.
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Crimson Sox 2025 Roster Projection: How Boston May Sort out Big Offseason
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CATCHERS
Connor Wong
Kyle Teel
We’ll persist with the unique catching tandem from our first roster projection of the offseason. The Crimson Sox most likely needs to be pursuing a backup catcher for Wong to begin the season on a one-year deal.
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For now, let’s say Teel tears it up in spring coaching and Alex Cora provides him the nod for the 26-man roster. That permits the current and the way forward for the Crimson Sox to work in unison in 2025.
INFIELDERS
Triston Casas
Kristian Campbell
Trevor Story
Rafael Devers
Romy González
The group principally stays the identical from 2024 whereas lastly discovering the long-needed reply at second base as Campbell makes his MLB debut after a monster season by means of three ranges of the minor leagues.
OUTFIELDERS
Jarren Duran
Ceddanne Rafaela
Teoscar Hernández
Rob Refsnyder
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Boston’s outfield principally stays the identical on this situation aside from an addition that ought to have come a 12 months in the past. The Crimson Sox proper their wrongs and produce Hernández in on a multi-year deal. He matches in easily within the No. 3 gap because the right-handed stability between left-handed sluggers Devers and Casas.
DESIGNATED HITTER
Tyler O’Neill
O’Neill very properly will most likely discover a higher deal on the open market, however he expressed “mutual curiosity” in a return to the Crimson Sox on the finish of the common season. This deal to have him as the first designated hitter makes all of the sense on this planet.
He slugged 31 dwelling runs in his first season taking part in half his video games at Fenway Park. He retains the lineup balanced along with his right-handed energy and may keep off his toes after some accidents in 2024.
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STARTING PITCHERS
Max Fried
Garrett Crochet
Tanner Houck
Lucas Giolito
Brayan Bello
That is the place the Crimson Sox strike.
Houck and Bello each took steps ahead in 2024. Giolito returns after an harm in spring coaching robbed him of his 2024 marketing campaign. The Crimson Sox make their mark with main additions, signing Fried to a long-term deal and shut the take care of the Chicago White Sox to commerce for Crochet.
That’s the professional rotation that may return the Crimson Sox to playoff baseball for the primary time since 2021.
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BULLPEN
Liam Hendriks (Nearer)
Justin Slaten
Tanner Scott
Josh Winckowski
Garrett Whitlock
Aroldis Chapman
Justin Wilson
Luis Guerrero
Boston already made a pair of additives to this group this offseason with the signings of Wilson and Chapman. Whitlock and Winckowski ought to reply properly to work within the center innings.
The Crimson Sox may use yet one more leverage arm to assist Hendriks (in his workforce debut) and Slaten in late innings. That arm ought to completely be Scott.
