After spring training, it’s obvious the Red Sox enter this season with better talent than last year

But spring training isn’t meaningless. After seven weeks of being around the team in Florida followed by two days in Texas, it was obvious that the Sox have better talent than last season. Those accomplishments vanish once the first pitch is thrown by Seattle’s Luis Castillo on Thursday night at T-Mobile Park. SEATTLE — Spring training records and statistics are meaningless. That the Red Sox finished 19-12-3 and actually had the second-best earned run average (3.76) in the Grapefruit League doesn’t matter. Manager Alex Cora said earlier this week that...