2026 Boston Red Sox

[RedSox]

2026 Boston Red Sox

Lineup:
C Drake Baldwin* - .265/.340/.468, 125 OPS+, +0 D, 3.7 WAR
1B Nick Kurtz* - .264/.351/.508, 135 OPS+, -2 D, 2.9 WAR
2B Brandon Lowe* - .247/.319/.447, 110 OPS+, -2 D, 2.3 WAR
SS Francisco Lindor# - .263/.348/.453, 123 OPS+, +6 D, 5.4 WAR
3B Matt Chapman - .245/.342/.450, 126 OPS+, +5 D, 4.0 WAR
LF Masataka Yoshida* - .278/.339/.414, 110 OPS+, +0 D, 1.2 WAR
CF Trent Grisham* - .216/.329/.416, 107 OPS+, +2 D, 3.0 WAR
RF Wilyer Abreu* - .245/.328/.438, 112 OPS+, +9 D, 2.5 WAR
DH Max Muncy* - .218/.349/.441, 121 OPS+, -2 D, 1.8 WAR

Bench:
C Sean Murphy - .224/.316/.430, 108 OPS+, 108 OPS+, +5 D, 2.6 WAR
OF Jared Young* - .242/.325/.425, 111 OPS+, -3 D, 0.9 WAR
1B Paul Goldschmidt - .256/.328/.415, 107 OPS+, -1 D, 1.4 WAR
UT Tyler Fitzgerald - .240/.299/.390, 96 OPS+, +4 D, 1.9 WAR
C Rafael Flores* - .256/.316/.400, 98 OPS+, -12 D, 1.3 WAR

Rotation:
SP Luis Castillo - 8.3 K/9, 2.6 BB/9, 1.2 HR/9, 104 ERA+, 2.5 WAR
SP Drew Rasmussen - 7.6 K/9, 2.3 BB/9, 1.1 HR/9, 115 ERA+, 2.6 WAR
SP Brandon Woodruff - 9.6 K/9, 2.4 BB/9, 1.2 HR/9, 115 ERA+, 1.6 WAR
SP Jared Jones - 8.1 K/9, 3.3 BB/9, 1.0 HR/9, 103 ERA+, 1.4 WAR
SP Jonah Tong - 10.1 K/9, 3.1 BB/9, 1.2 HR/9, 103 ERA+, 1.7 WAR

Bullpen:
CL Mason Miller - 14.7 K/9, 3.2 BB/9, 0.9 HR/9, 165 ERA+, 1.7 WAR
RH Orion Kerkering - 10.1 K/9, 3.2 BB/9, 0.9 HR/9, 127 ERA+, 0.9 WAR
LH Steven Okert* - 10.5 K/9, 3.1 BB/9, 1.3 HR/9, 112 ERA+, 0.5 WAR
MR Ryan Thompson - 7.3 K/9, 2.6 BB/9, 1.0 HR/9, 118 ERA+, 0.5 WAR
MR Hunter Gaddis - 8.9 K/9, 2.9 BB/9, 1.1 HR/9, 116 ERA+, 1.2 WAR
MR Craig Yoho - 9.6 K/9, 4.1 BB/9, 1.0 HR/9, 102 ERA+, 0.1 WAR

SP Depth:
SP Connor Prielipp* - 8.3 K/9, 3.3 BB/9, 1.0 HR/9, 105 ERA+, 1.2 WAR
SP Yilber Diaz - 8.6 K/9, 4.5 BB/9, 1.1 HR/9, 101 ERA+, 0.9 WAR
SP Ryan Weiss - 9.2 K/9, 3.3 BB/9, 1.3 HR/9, 100 ERA+, 1.7 WAR
SP Jeffrey Springs* - 7.7 K/9, 2.8 BB/9, 1.3 HR/9, 100 ERA+, 2.3 WAR
SP Cade Povich* - 8.8 K/9, 3.2 BB/9, 1.2 HR/9, 97 ERA+, 1.4 WAR
SP KC Hunt - 8.0 K/9, 3.0 BB/9, 1.3 HR/9, 92 ERA+, 0.7 WAR
SP George Klassen - 8.3 K/9, 3.7 BB/9, 1.2 HR/9, 90 ERA+, 1.0 WAR
SP Hayden Birdsong - 8.9 K/9, 4.3 BB/9, 1.1 HR/9, 90 ERA+, 0.8 WAR
SP Shane Drohan* - 7.7 K/9, 4.1 BB/9, 1.1 HR/9, 90 ERA+, 0.6 WAR
SP Jauron Watts-Brown - 8.3 K/9, 3.8 BB/9, 1.3 HR/9, 89 ERA+, 0.8 WAR
SP Leandro Lopez - 8.4 K/9, 3.9 BB/9, 1,1 HR/9, 87 ERA+, 0.5 WAR

Hitting Depth:
SS Denzer Guzman - .220/.288/.350, 78 OPS+, -4 D, 0.6 WAR
OF Zach Erhhard - .229/.307/.380, 93 OPS+, +7 D, 1.6 WAR
OF Jhostynxon Garcia - .231/.288/.379, 83 OPS+, 0.7 WAR
OF Nate George - .237/.291/.353, 82 OPS+, -3 D, 0.1 WAR
SS Jesus Made# - .220/.289/.328, 75 OPS+, -1 D, 0.8 WAR
OF Dillon Lewis - .200/.259/.354, 73 OPS+, -2 D, -0.2 WAR
3B Brock Wilken - .186/.295/.341. 82 OPS+, +1 D, 0.7 WAR

[Orioles]

Dang, yo. Boston's probably the pre-season favorite in our division with this roster. Tullar has a deeper and better pitching staff than I do for sure (at least for now).