There has been very little to complain about during a monumental offseason for the Boston Red Sox. A team starving for interesting personalities and, more importantly, improved talent went out and landed a coveted slugger in Adrian Gonzalez and perhaps the best positional player on the free agent market in Carl Crawford. They are uniquely positioned for a major bounce-back season.
But no team enters a 162-game slate without a handful of questions. The Red Sox have plugged a handful of holes, but they are far from perfect. And, as the Sox learned last year when the team suffered through a remarkable rash of injuries, it often takes just a little bit of bad luck to derail an otherwise promising campaign.
The Red Sox may well be the favorites in the American League East, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t a few items to ponder as pitchers and catchers get ready to report in a little more than a month.
Such as…