Red Sox vowed to cut down on walks. Then they tied an Opening Day walks record

BOSTON – A common theme emerged among Red Sox pitching additions this winter: they were all strike-throwers. Coming off a 2022 season in which the Red Sox bullpen walked 9.9 percent of batters faced — allowing the fifth-most walks in the American League, and by far the most walks in the AL East — a club priority was to acquire…