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The 2023 edition of the Boston Red Sox looks different. Not wrong. Different.

Watching birthday candles burning atop a cherry pie looks, well, different. Not wrong. Different.

Different works. Not always, but in many instances.

The Red Sox will field a revised lineup this coming season. Not wrong. But different.

Two big Red Sox offensive guns are gone.

Shortstop Xander Bogaerts? Gone. He’ll be playing for the National League’s San Diego Padres, after signing an 11-year, $280M contract. The Red Sox won’t look the same without Bogaerts.

Designated hitter J.D. Martinez? Gone. He’ll be playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers, after signing a 1-year, $10M contract to join former Red Sox teammate Mookie Betts on the National League West Dodgers.

Bogaerts and Martinez were consequential Red Sox players in the middle of a lineup that finished last season with a record of 78-94, or bad enough to capture last place in the competitive American League East. The Red Sox finished 21 games behind the division winning New York Yankees.