Most No. 1 prospects in the Red Sox organization make their name elsewhere. Theo & Co. intend on making this right-hander the exception to the rule.
The lumbering slugger comes into 2007 with a new hitting coach and a shiny PECOTA projection. Is he primed to deliver, or will he start the new season the way he finished the last?
There’s still another day of baseball left to be played, but this Series has already crowned a champion.
No one in the division had a real strong winter, although the A’s helped themselves on the margins.