Source: thedrive.bangordailynews.com --- Tuesday, November 28, 2017
By Aaron Jackson As the weather gets colder many of us long for the days of warm sunshine and Baseball. While that may feel like years away right now, Baseball’s Winter Meetings are right around the corner, and the Red Sox figure to play a prominent role in any deals being made. Ignoring the trade possibilities (do the Red Sox really have enough in the cupboard to make a big deal?), here are 5 free agents that Boston will take a long look at. Shohei Ohtani: This guy could be the real deal. Depending on who you ask, he compares favorably to Clayton Kershaw or Mike Trout, which tells me he probably won’t be either, but those are pretty high marks to try and hit. Ohtani is certainly a player that many teams will be after as he will come relatively cheap given what he’s capable of, and his age (23 years old). Ohtani is already being called the Japanese Babe Ruth as he is a prodigious power hitter and has topped out at 100mph on the mound. You’d have to wonder whether there’s a team out there willing to let him do both and that may be the deciding factor as Ohtani has requested a letter from every team interested detailing how they’ll use him. Given the price and the performance so far in Japan, I think the Red Sox should go all in after this guy. I would DH him 3-4 times a week, pitch him every 5th day and have some regular off days scattered around as well. D. Martinez: Martinez is a major late bloomer, and a bit of a defensive lia ...
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