Are the 2025 Red Sox a playoff team again? Optimism at spring training

Cautious optimism and mixed messaging from Red Sox leadership as spring training begins

FORT MYERS, Fla. – The question was pitched. “As currently constructed, do you think this is a playoff team?” “I do,” answered Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow during his first media availability of spring training. His manager offered a more temperate assessment. “We have a pretty good team. It’s a solid team,” said Alex Cora. “Are we the best team in the big leagues? No, we’re not.” “The 30 teams right now in the big leagues, they’…

Are the 2025 Red Sox a playoff team again? Optimism at spring training

"We're a lot deeper than in the past," Red Sox manager Alex Cora said at the outset of spring training.

LTTE: If Elon Musk bought the Red Sox

To the editor: In less than two months we will be hearing those two famous words, “play ball.” It will be the start of the 2025 Major League Baseball season. That got me to thinking. Wouldn’t it be great if Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, loved sports and showed an interest in buying the […]