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2022 Season Preview: Red Sox

Boston gearing up after reaching ALCS last year

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2021: Another successful season

Boston went 92-70 before bowing out to the Astros in the ALCS

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2022 Outlook: Offseason transaction tales

Boston signed Trevor Story and James Paxton, entering 2022 with dreams of a fifth title in less than 20 years

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C: Christian Vázquez

His OPS dropped from .801 in 2020 to .659 last year and he’s looking to bounce back | Backup: Kevin Plawecki

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1B: Bobby Dalbec

Despite early struggles, he had a solid rookie season thanks to a huge final two months | Backup: Travis Shaw

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2B: Trevor Story

Perhaps the most intriguing Red Sox player to watch early on as the slugger transitions to second base | Backup: Christian Arroyo

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SS: Xander Bogaerts

After he garnered MVP votes in each of the last four seasons, could this be the year? | Backup: Trevor Story

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3B: Rafael Devers

Coming off a career-high 38 homers, he looks to take a red-hot spring into the season | Backup: Bobby Dalbec

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LF: Alex Verdugo

He’ll be looking to break out at the plate after taking a step back offensively in 2021 | Backup: Enrique Hernández

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CF: Enrique Hernández

He hit 20 homers in the regular season last year before launching five in the postseason | Backup: Jackie Bradley Jr.

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RF: Jackie Bradley Jr.

He returns to Boston with his tremendous outfield defense, but a .497 OPS in 2021 | Backup: J.D. Martinez

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DH: J.D. Martinez

He looked much more like his old slugging self in 2021, after a disappointing ’20 campaign | Backup: Enrique Hernández

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SP (Inj.): Chris Sale

A perennial Cy Young Award candidate when healthy, he’s been hurt much of the last three seasons

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SP: Nick Pivetta

He put together the best season of his career last year while striking out 26 percent of batters he faced

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SP: Tanner Houck

He was impressive in his 2021 rookie campaign, and has shown an uptick in velocity to 98 mph this spring

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SP: Michael Wacha

After a difficult 2021 season with the Rays, he’ll look to regain his early-career form with the Cardinals

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CP: Matt Barnes

He’ll be striving to win back the closer job after losing the role with a rough second half in 2021

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RP: Jake Diekman

The veteran lefty who spent the last three seasons with Oakland has dominant swing-and-miss stuff | Other relievers: Garrett Whitlock, Ryan Brasier, Kutter Crawford, and Hansel Robles