If you like our content,\u00a0choose Sports Illustrated as a preferred source on Google<\/a>.<\/p>\n “I think in the beginning just go out there and compete and then we\u2019ll decide what we want to do, where we go,\u201d Cora said. \u201cRoster construction is always important, that\u2019s the key, especially early in the season, understanding in this case the vast majority of the guys that are competing have options. Not everyone can be in the big leagues, we\u2019re not going to a six-man rotation, I can tell you that right now. <\/p>\n The Red Sox’s rotation battle is going to be worth watching Dec 9, 2025; Orlando, FL, USA; Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora speaks with the media during the 2025 MLB Winter Meetings at Signia by Hilton Hotel. Mandatory Credit: Mike Watters-Imagn Images | Mike Watters-Imagn Images<\/p>\n \u201cWe just have to be patient and what we decide is for the benefit of the team early on,\u201d he continued. \u201cThere\u2019s going to be guys pitching in Triple-A who are going to be hungry and ready for whenever we call their name to come to the big leagues.\u201d<\/p>\n For Boston, the most likely starting rotation on paper right now looks like Garrett Crochet, Ranger Su\u00e1rez, Sonny Gray, Brayan Bello and Johan Oviedo. On top of Oviedo, the other starters in the mix for the No. 5 spot are Kutter Crawford, Patrick Sandoval, Connelly Early and Payton Tolle<\/a>. Crawford and Sandoval are behind the others in camp right now as they look to get on track from injuries. Early and Tolle are two of Boston’s top prospects.<\/p>\n The battle for the No. 5 spot in the rotation is going to be worth watching over the next month and no matter what there are going to be disappointing hurlers in the aftermath down in Triple-A looking to change the team’s mind. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boston Red Sox are loaded with exciting starting pitching right now, but don’t expect to see a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":493306,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-493305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Boston](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/01kj46fasrrtygp7037r.jpg\" "\\"Boston")
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