When it comes to big ticket items the Red Sox need this winter, I’m becoming increasingly leery of ownership’s actions not meeting the moment. Here’s how I would frame the offseason as we hit the key weeks of the winter:

The Red Sox need three big ticket items this winter, but I’m increasingly suspicious they only add two.

Specifically, the Red Sox need two big bats (which means bringing back Bregman AND grabbing one more big bopper), AND a legitimate No. 2 starter — a king to play behind Crochet’s ace.

You don’t have to look any further than the gaggle of hideous performances in Game 2 of the Wild Card Series against the Yankees to see how much lacking these necessities cost them. Brayan Bello faced just 11 guys and failed to get five of them out in a dreadful 2.1 innings of work, and

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