This is much more about supply lost to bankruptcy during covid then any political figure. Granted you could clearly argue that the 2 month head start we had on Covid vs China should have been used to prepare the economy instead of trying to prop up the stock market with literal Chinese propaganda, but we are still missing a ton on covid bankruptcy supply that needs financing that no one had been willing to give again.
Honestly, I wish Rick Hahn would put Sox fans out of their misery and say this off season is over. RIP off the bandaid, finish the crying, and let's play ball.
Vaughn played 13 games at 1B with LF being his primary spot last year, so yes, there are plenty of starts there. I didn't think I would need to say this, but Eloy isn't going to start 162 games this year. There are PLENTY of games for Vaughn out there. Eloy starting 5 of 6 days a week out there isn't going to hurt him at all.
Let's start with Andrew Vaughn playing 13 games at 1B last year. So no, it isn't a "given". You also have Eloy Jimenez in LF, so again, that isn't a "given". DH is wide open, and so are at the 1 in 5-ish times a week the Sox face a lefty starter.
Now Tony could well throw all of this out of the window, that is the truth, but it is something that is really easy to achieve. Especially in a compressed schedule like we are going to see this year, strategic days off make a ton of sense.