Boston Red Sox spring report

It’s been two years since the Boston Red Sox have made the playoffs, and when you drop $140 million in coin, talking about how well you played in between your horrifically bad start and your epic collapse won’t cut it. So it’s a new era in the Hub, as Theo Epstein and Terry Francona, a duo who runs second to only Belichick/Brady when it comes to great tandems in recent Boston sports history, are out and the Red Sox look to put together a contender in the ruthlessly tough AL East. TheSportsNotebook evaluates the Sox in terms of their ability get on base, hit for power, starting pitching and relief pitching.