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The surprising Red Sox, plucky and revamped, are rolling through the AL East
Analysis: Just three weeks into the season, the remodeled Red Sox are in first place in the always rough-and-tumble AL East, complete with a personality all their own.
By CHELSEA JANESThe Washington Post
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Three players not with the Boston Red Sox for their last title in 2-18 – Franchy Cordero, left, Enrique Hernandez, center, and Alex Verdugo, are stepping up to play big roles so far this year.Andy Clayton-King)
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Chaim Bloom never wanted to say the Boston Red Sox were rebuilding. The team’s chief baseball officer spent the offseason explaining the decisions to further dismantle a World Series-winning outfield, to rehire Manager Alex Cora a year after he fired him when Cora’s role in a cheating scandal became clear and to spend selectively on the free agent market when his roster had obvious holes.