Do the Red Sox have the best starting pitching in baseball?

"To the extent that Craig Breslow was hired to turn around Red Sox pitching, you can't say he that hasn't done his job. In just two offseasons, Breslow has completely revamped the top of the Sox rotation by aggressively acquiring one of the game's best pitchers in Garrett Crochet and two other recent all-stars in Sonny Gray and Ranger Suárez."

"Projections are a useful tool. But they're are also a blunt tool that, by design, ignores a lot of important nuance and context. Looking at the projections for both Johan Oviedo and Patrick Sandoval demonstrates this. The computer only pegs them to throw 80 and 54 innings, respectively, because they've both recently missed entire seasons recovering from Tommy John surgery."

Craig Breslow overhauled the Red Sox rotation in two offseasons by adding Garrett Crochet, Sonny Gray, and Ranger Suárez. Depth moves and internal prospect development produced an unusually large pool of MLB-caliber starting pitchers. FanGraphs currently projects Red Sox starters to lead all of baseball in starting-pitching fWAR. Projections can understate return-to-health innings for pitchers recovering from Tommy John surgery, with Johan Oviedo and Patrick Sandoval pegged for limited workloads despite expected spring-training health. Several internal arms are likely to exceed low projection innings, and historical comparisons to recent top staffs (2025 Phillies: 21.5 WAR) frame expectations for 2026.

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