Let’s hope for better in 2025
Happy Thursday.
The Boston Red Sox dodged the bullet for most errors by the skin of their teeth. Or gloves.
Luckily, after a few rough seasons on the other side of the ball, this is one trend to watch decline.
With a fresh start to the season, everyone healthy, and impact prospects on the horizon they shouldn’t have to stretch player positioning as much in 2025 as the last few years.
Obviously guys can get hurt and/or under-perform but starting with a good group and having some depth is about as well as you can do.
Here’s to the youth movement, Vaughn Grissom, Trevor Story’s various ailments having a big and healthy year!
Update:
According to, sigh, Bookies.com these are the Max Scherzer odds. Make of that what you will.
Boston Red Sox | +375 (21.1%)
Toronto Blue Jays | +400 (20.0%)
New York Mets | +450 (18.2%)
Chicago Cubs | +500 (16.7%)
New York Yankees | +750 (11.8%)
Philadelphia Phillies | +1000 (9.1%)
Atlanta Braves | +1150 (8.0%)
Los Angeles Dodgers | +1400 (6.7%)
The Field | +1200 (7.7%)