Craig Breslow addressed the media on the primary day of the annual GM conferences and laid out the Purple Sox’ offseason want record. What does he need? A middle-of-the-order bat and a top-of-the-rotation starter, stating that “I don’t suppose we’re going to spend a ton of time attempting so as to add a No. 4, No. 5 starter.” (Tim Healey, Boston Globe)
And now, he’ll have just a little more money to exit and discover these items. As introduced final night time, Roman Anthony completed in third place within the American League Rookie of the 12 months Award voting. Along with that being a complete bummer typically, it implies that Anthony will miss out on a minimum of $3 million price of bonuses that have been written into his contract extension. (Tim Healey, Boston Globe)
Talking of Anthony, how is his rehab from harm going? Breslow stated that he ought to begin swinging in a number of weeks, and that every part is on observe for him to have a standard and wholesome offseason. He additionally stated that Marcelo Mayer has basically totally recovered from his harm and will have even appeared within the playoffs had the Sox superior, and that Triston Casas is figuring out down in Fort Myers, although there isn’t any assure that he’ll be totally wholesome at first of spring coaching. (Christopher Smith, MassLive)
It’s refreshing to not learn Trevor Story’s title in a chunk about harm rehab, isn’t it? However whereas he’s wholesome and can be again with the group in 2026, there was a query as as to if he’d be moved off of shortstop given his defensive dip this yr and the emergence of Marcelo Mayer. However not so quick, says Breslow, who indicated that they don’t plan on transferring him to second or third simply but: “I’m conscious of a few of the errors. I’m conscious of what a few of the defensive metrics point out.I additionally suppose that he introduced a stabilizing presence to the infield. I feel a few of his errors have been clustered towards the top of the season, in simply a short while interval. And in addition, he hasn’t performed a full season in a extremely very long time. . . When Trevor was enjoying shortstop, we felt like balls that have been put in play to the shortstop have been going to be transformed into outs.” (Jackson Roberts, Sports Illustrated)
So the place does that depart Mayer for 2026? Breslow says that it’s untimely to assign him a task. Proper now, the Sox need Mayer to deal with including energy within the offseason to assist him stand up to the trials of a full season {of professional} baseball, one thing Mayer has but to finish. (Christopher Smith, MassLive)
