Boston Red Sox: Bizarre offseason keeps disappointing

The Boston Red Sox signed an older, arm-weary pitcher, Corey Kluber to a two-year deal for maybe as much as $27M. Last season Klubers played for Tampa Bay. The Red SO's strategy is to follow their former employer's model and spend less money.

Kluber won Cy Young awards in both 2014 and 2017. Kluber was a Cy winner with Cleveland from 2013 to 2018.

Kluber, 37, started 31 games for Tampa Bay last season and had a 10-10 record and an ERA of 4.34 with a WHIP of 1.21. He's an older pitcher who's been injured a lot in recent seasons and paid a good amount on a bet. Boston Red Sox have a strategy, but it's wet and it will land them in the basement of the American League East for the third time in four seasons.

The concept of opportunity cost is useful as a reminder to examine all reasonable alternatives before making a decision.

The Boston Red Sox are out of their league in their acquisition. They should be signing foundational players and pitchers and augmenting the lineup with young players from the farm system. Instead, they are worried about their prospects' futures. The team is headed for the AL East basement. The absentee ownership will dismiss the current personnel grouping and install another. Dave Dombrowski won a World Series and was fired.