![]() ![]() “If Ohtani can’t sniff the playoffs in the weaker AL West alongside three-time MVP Mike Trout, what motivation would he have to come to a Red Sox team that features Rafael Devers and not much else, especially if it repeats last year’s last-place finish? Well, as Tomase points out, it won’t be mediocrity no matter how much money the Red Sox are willing to spend. So, what would motivate this once in a lifetime dual threat to sign in Boston over those teams? Not only should the team be out to prove doubters wrong and give Red Sox fans a summer of excitement, but a winning season also put them in the conversation for Ohtani, who will be high on the list for teams like the Chicago Cubs, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres. NBC Sports Boston John Tomase had this interesting take of what the Red Sox have at stake this season. Speaking of winning, if these team as currently constructed around Devers and the hope of a healthy Chris Sale competes for a playoff spot, the chance of landing a once in a lifetime talent like Ohtani increases. Boston Red Sox need to compete in 2023 to lure Shohei Ohtani ![]() Building the farm system and finding cheaper contracts like Adam Duvall and Justin Turner don’t move the meter but are big reward types of moves that Bloom will get credit for if the team is any good in 2023. ![]() Now, the Red Sox do have a plan…we think. Now they need to get back in the chase for elite free agents like Shohei Ohtani.Īfter trading away big-time star Mookie Betts and letting Xander Bogaerts walk out the door, if the Sox couldn’t and wouldn’t lock up Devers, not only would Red Sox Chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom been chased out of town and all the way down the Mass Pike, but ownership would’ve also heard more than just boos at all live events thereafter. They woke up and signed Rafael Devers to the kind of contract fans and critics of this big market team are used to. The Boston Red Sox ownership did something important this offseason. ![]()
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