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Former Phillie Ranger Suárez is now a member of the Boston Red Sox after signing a five-year, $130 million contract. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images) Getty Images Last, but certainly not least. The Boston Red Sox, who were the last MLB team to sign a free agent this off-season, did so with aplomb, inking left-hander Ranger Suárez to a five-year, $130 million deal the day after they lost third baseman Alex Bregman to the Chicago Cubs. In Suárez, Boston gets that number two starter – to line up behind ace Garrett Crochet – that they have been desperately seeking. Last season, as measured by ERA, the Red Sox tied with the Guardians for the fourth best in MLB (3.70). However, those numbers belie the fact that their bullpen did the heavy lifting. When sorted by starters, Boston fell to 12th place, behind the Detroit Tigers. Their starters’ WHIP was actually 20th in MLB, so there was definitely room for improvement. At the outset for the off-season, the club traded for veteran righty Sonny Gray, and got the Cardinals to throw in $20 million, to boot. A few weeks later, they sent surplus outfielder Jhostynxon Garcia to the Pittsburgh Pirates in return for hard-throwing Johan Oviedo (as well as two other prospects). Those two acquisitions had slotted in as starters #2 and #4, with Brayan Bello, who signed a long-term, team-friendly contract before the 2024 season (six years, $55 million), filling the #3 hole. But with the signing of Suárez, everyone moves down a spot, and the Red Sox have a 1-2 punch of a hard-throwing lefty (Crochet) and a soft-throwing lefty (Suárez) at the top of their rotation. Under the adage of you can never have too much pitching, Boston also has a healthy Kutter Crawford (recovering from knee and…

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