The Red Sox have money. They also have needs. So in most offseason that would add up to John Henry's club being aggressive in free agency.
But with the uncertainty of the economics in baseball and how Chaim Bloom will approach building the 2021 team, there is a lot of room for interpretation.
Well, the oddsmakers have taken their best crack at predicting where the Red Sox might be positioning themselves for some of the top free agents on the market. Here are the odds posted by BetOnline.ag as to what free agent where land where:
Where will Didi Gregorius sign next?
Cincinnati Reds 3/1
Los Angeles Angels 13/4
New York Mets 15/4
New York Yankees 15/4
Chicago White Sox 4/1
Washington Nationals 4/1
Where will DJ LeMahieu sign next?
Toronto Blue Jays 5/2
Cleveland Indians 3/1
Colorado Rockies 7/2
New York Mets 4/1
Chicago White Sox 9/2
Boston Red Sox 5/1
Where will George Springer sign next?
Atlanta Braves 9/4
Washington Nationals 3/1
New York Mets 7/2
Chicago White Sox 9/2
Boston Red Sox 5/1
Toronto Blue Jays 6/1
Detroit Tigers 7/1
Where will Ha-Seong Kim sign next?
Los Angeles Angeles 4/1
Toronto Blue Jays 17/4
Seattle Mariners 9/2
San Francisco Giants 5/1
Milwaukee Brewers 11/2
Boston Red Sox 6/1
Baltimore Orioles 13/2
Cleveland Indians 7/1
Philadelphia Phillies 8/1
Where will J.T. Realmuto sign next?
New York Mets 1/1
Los Angeles Angels 3/1
New York Yankees 4/1
Washington Nationals 4/1
Houston Astros 6/1
Detroit Tigers 8/1
Where will Justin Turner sign next?
Washington Nationals 9/4
Toronto Blue Jays 11/4
New York Mets 3/1
Texas Rangers 4/1
Atlanta Braves 5/1
Philadelphia Phillies 15/2
Where will Marcell Ozuna sign next?
Washington Nationals 3/1
Texas Rangers 7/2
Chicago White Sox 4/1
Boston Red Sox 9/2
St Louis Cardinals 5/1
Houston Astros 6/1
Minnesota Twins 7/1
San Diego Padres 15/2
Where will Masahiro Tanaka sign next?
Toronto Blue Jays 3/1
New York Mets 4/1
Chicago Cubs 9/2
Atlanta Braves 5/1
Los Angeles Angels 6/1
Washington Nationals 7/1
Boston Red Sox 15/2
Philadelphia Phillies 8/1
Chicago White Sox 9/1
Where will Nelson Cruz sign next?
Chicago White Sox 3/1
Tampa Bay Rays 7/2
Houston Astros 4/1
Seattle Mariners 9/2
Texas Rangers 5/1
Boston Red Sox 11/2
New York Mets 13/2
Where will Trevor Bauer sign next?
Los Angeles Angels 3/1
San Diego Padres 4/1
New York Mets 5/1
San Francisco Giants 5/1
Los Angeles Dodgers 6/1
New York Yankees 6/1
Philadelphia Phillies 7/1
Chicago White Sox 8/1
Boston Red Sox 9/1
Where will Yadier Molina sign next?
New York Yankees 2/1
Phildelphia Phillies 5/2
New York Mets 11/4
Miami Marlins 3/1
Boston Red Sox 5/1