{"id":26262,"date":"2018-07-06T01:12:49","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T05:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.ngscsports.com\/?p=26262"},"modified":"2020-08-20T11:52:58","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T15:52:58","slug":"2018-red-sox-alternate-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ngscsports.com\/2018\/07\/06\/2018-red-sox-alternate-universe\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Red Sox Alternate Universe: What Could Have Been"},"content":{"rendered":"
Going into Spring Training at Fort Myers, the Red Sox had an obtuse amount of questions that most first place teams don\u2019t have to ask themselves.<\/p>\n
Will David Price and Rick Porcello return to their Cy Young form or be Boston busts? Can Carson Smith be the dependable set-up man Boston needs to preserve Craig Kimbrel? Will the Sox be getting the 30-homer, 110-RBI Hanley Ramirez or the injury-plagued, $22.8 million clog in the middle of the order?<\/p>\n
Well, David Price and Rick Porcello have combined for a meager 3.93 ERA so far, Ramirez and his dreadlocks have been kicked out of town, and Smith suffered a season-ending injury after throwing a tantrum in the dugout.<\/a><\/p>\n