The affirming 2021 season now history, we return to the real game of the Chaim Bloom Red Sox, “Guess Who?” As in, “Guess Who’s A Foundational Piece,” with Eduardo Rodriguez the latest to have his placard flipped down.
Monday morning’s revelation that the 28-year-old lefty is headed to Detroit on a five-year pact worth at least $77 million was a surprise mostly for timing, the first big deal of the 2021-22 hot stove coming less than three weeks before the sport’s collective bargaining agreement expires and a shutdown likely begins.
The way around the unknowns of the next CBA for E-Rod is, reportedly, the deal containing an opt-out after 2023.