Boston Red Sox are enjoying a surprisingly disappointing 2020 MLB season. After a recent 4-2 defeat to the New York Yankees, they find themselves on a seven-game losing streak and with AL’s worst record (6-16). Some changes are clearly needed, and it appears that Red Sox are well aware of that.

The Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom had a chat with The Boston Globe over the weekend and decided to address the team’s struggles.

“Obviously, the results have not been what we wanted,” said Bloom. “We knew that we were down a couple of pitchers and that this was going to be an area of our team that was a work in progress, and certainly we’ve gotten really poor results so far.”

Red Sox entered this year with a notably weaker roster after trading away 2018’s AL MVP Mookie Betts and five-time All-Star pitcher David Price to LA Dodgers during the offseason. Things got worse when the team had to kick off the season without starter Eduardo Rodriguez and All-Star Chris Sale, while poor hitting and unreliable defense also did their part in setting up Boston for failure.

Getting Red Sox back on track won’t be easy with all the issues, with Bloom acknowledging the challenge.

“This isn’t what any of us want,” he added. “There’s a lot of work to do.”

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Boston Red Sox aggressively pursued outfielder Giancarlo Stanton and third baseman Manny Machado in this offseason, but have missed out on both of them. On Tuesday, however, they finally got one deal done. According to the multiple sources, the Red Sox have reached a deal with right fielder J. D. Martinez, who was a free agent after his deal with Arizona Diamondbacks expired at the end of the season.

Reportedly, Red Sox have offered Martinez a five-year deal, worth $100 million last month, but that didn’t convince the 30-year-old who then started leaning towards an extension with the Diamondbacks. Eventually, the Red Sox increased the offer to $110 million, which ended being enough. According to ESPN, Martinez will be able to opt-out in the second and third year of the contract.

Although Boston Red Sox managed to win the American League East in 2017 with 93-69 record, they ended up having the second-lowest slugging percentage in the league with .407 and hitting just 168 home runs. This should change to better with J. D. Martinez on board.

Martinez finished the 2017 season ranking third in MLB in homers with career-high 45, hitting 29 out of those 45 in the last 62 games of the season. Mookie Betts, who was the Red Sox leader in home runs, finished the season with 24. Martinez’s performance last season wasn’t an anomaly. According to ESPN, he is the only player alongside Los Angeles Angels’ center fielder Mike Trout that managed to hit .300 with at least 125 home runs and have a slugging percentage of .550 since 2014.

Although he played as an outfielder for Diamondbacks, J. D. Martinez will most likely serve as a designated hitter for the Red Sox and finally be a badly needed successor to David Ortiz.

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Boston Red Sox are enjoying a surprisingly disappointing 2020 MLB season. After a recent 4-2 defeat to the New York Yankees, they find themselves on a seven-game losing streak and with AL’s worst record (6-16). Some changes are clearly needed, and it appears that Red Sox are well aware of that.

The Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom had a chat with The Boston Globe over the weekend and decided to address the team’s struggles.

“Obviously, the results have not been what we wanted,” said Bloom. “We knew that we were down a couple of pitchers and that this was going to be an area of our team that was a work in progress, and certainly we’ve gotten really poor results so far.”

Red Sox entered this year with a notably weaker roster after trading away 2018’s AL MVP Mookie Betts and five-time All-Star pitcher David Price to LA Dodgers during the offseason. Things got worse when the team had to kick off the season without starter Eduardo Rodriguez and All-Star Chris Sale, while poor hitting and unreliable defense also did their part in setting up Boston for failure.

Getting Red Sox back on track won’t be easy with all the issues, with Bloom acknowledging the challenge.

“This isn’t what any of us want,” he added. “There’s a lot of work to do.”

The post Red Sox Have a “Lot Of Work To Do” Says Team Executive appeared first on SportzBonanza.

Boston Red Sox aggressively pursued outfielder Giancarlo Stanton and third baseman Manny Machado in this offseason, but have missed out on both of them. On Tuesday, however, they finally got one deal done. According to the multiple sources, the Red Sox have reached a deal with right fielder J. D. Martinez, who was a free agent after his deal with Arizona Diamondbacks expired at the end of the season.

Reportedly, Red Sox have offered Martinez a five-year deal, worth $100 million last month, but that didn’t convince the 30-year-old who then started leaning towards an extension with the Diamondbacks. Eventually, the Red Sox increased the offer to $110 million, which ended being enough. According to ESPN, Martinez will be able to opt-out in the second and third year of the contract.

Although Boston Red Sox managed to win the American League East in 2017 with 93-69 record, they ended up having the second-lowest slugging percentage in the league with .407 and hitting just 168 home runs. This should change to better with J. D. Martinez on board.

Martinez finished the 2017 season ranking third in MLB in homers with career-high 45, hitting 29 out of those 45 in the last 62 games of the season. Mookie Betts, who was the Red Sox leader in home runs, finished the season with 24. Martinez’s performance last season wasn’t an anomaly. According to ESPN, he is the only player alongside Los Angeles Angels’ center fielder Mike Trout that managed to hit .300 with at least 125 home runs and have a slugging percentage of .550 since 2014.

Although he played as an outfielder for Diamondbacks, J. D. Martinez will most likely serve as a designated hitter for the Red Sox and finally be a badly needed successor to David Ortiz.

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