The Boston Red Sox are a talented team, but to say they’re one of the better teams in Major League Baseball on paper would be unfair. The Red Sox have plenty of work to do if they want to be among the top teams in not only the entire league, but in the American League. They have an opportunity to make the postseason, but Boston will need a lot to go right.

Most importantly, the Red Sox must find a way to stay healthy, and recent comments from Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic don’t suggest that. According to McCaffrey, Masataka Yoshida said he didn’t want to put a timetable on whether he’d be good to go for the start of the campaign, leaving his status to be determined.

“Yoshida still has three years left on a five-year deal with the Red Sox, but, like Story, hasn’t been able to stay healthy and his production has suffered. Similar to what they did with Devers, the Red Sox revamped Yoshida’s offseason workouts… “At Fenway Fest last month, Yoshida said he expected to begin swinging by late January and throwing by March, but did not want to put a timetable on whether he’d be ready at the start of the season,” McCaffrey wrote.

Yoshida has been flirted in trade rumors this winter. He’s a decent player, but for $90 million over five years, the Red Sox could do better. His numbers have been decent over his first two MLB seasons, but his health has questions that have raised some concerns. With the Red Sox’s current outfield situation, he might not have much of a place to play, either, making things even more challenging if he isn’t healthy.