and a World Series ring. Competing against the Yankees for Fried is intimidating, but also represents the opportunity for the Red Sox to prove that they're fully committed to spending big again.

If you've been perusing around Red Sox Twitter (Red Sox X doesn't exactly have the same ring to it) over the past week and change, there's been a familiar refrain: "Why hasn't Boston signed Corbin ...

Soto already owns a batting title and World Series ring, and he just completed the best season of his career with the Yankees. He'd make any lineup instantly credible, and because the Red Sox ...