If they go with a veteran like Peter Laviolette, it will signify that they’ve deluded themselves into thinking it’s a quick fix. Should they go with a young-ish assistant, it will be evidence that they (properly) realize this is going to take a while.

Roman Anthony or Marcelo Mayer? One Boston Red Sox reporter predicted the first of the two to make the big leagues.

It isn't a matter of if, but of when, for the Boston Red Sox to call up Marcelo Mayer and Roman Anthony. Whether Mayer or Anthony is the better player depends on who you ask. However, while that doesn't have to be an argument,