As the Boston Red Sox's 2025 MLB season nears, a big storyline remains about what will happen with the team's top three prospects: Roman Anthony, Kristian Campbell, and Marcelo Mayer. Boston has not made the playoffs since 2021,

But manager Alex Cora picked top offseason acquisition Garrett Crochet to be the 2025 Opening Day starter. Houck, who will start the second game of the season, made the decision easy for Cora. “Talked to Tanner. He was our best starter last year. He was an All-Star,” Cora said Saturday. “He just said, ‘Give me the ball whenever.’”

Most MLB managers will tell you that when they have a chance to add a great player, they will do it and worry about positions later. That is exactly what the Bo