These 4 Red Sox won’t make it to an MLB lockout with roster crunch coming

Having more good players than open roster spots is never a bad thing, but it also creates difficult decisions. Having more good players than open roster spots is never a bad thing, but it also creates difficult decisions. Boston Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow faces that situation with his team’s 40-man roster. Breslow has already been forced to make tough calls, and he will face tricky decisions as November goes on and baseball marches toward a seemingly inevitable lockout on Dec. 2. Boston Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow faces that situation with his team’s 40-man roster.