The 2024 Red Sox are one giant question mark made up of a million smaller question marks, like one of those photomosaics, a picture comprised of thousands of minuscule images.

In the year of a baseball team, there are seemingly endless questions. Some have a clear answer. (For example, signing Pablo Sandoval was a very expensive mistake.) Other queries are less black-and-white, open to interpretation and ongoing debate, or only answered by the passage of time, or never fully resolved at all. (Could David Ortiz have played another season?)

It’s a complex puzzle, and ever-changing as the offseason progresses into spring training, the regular season, and if you’re lucky, a postseason run. Free agency, trades, and injuries transform the overall image, too. Who knows what the picture of the 2024 Red Sox will look like a week from now? A month? On Opening Day? Next offseason?

Welcome to “Starr’s 7 Questions,” a new segment for the 2024 season. On Mondays, I’ll lay out seven questions on timely topics, so that we may ponder and track potential answers throughout the week, the month, or even the season.

Here’s the first heptad:

1. Is Trevor Story the new leader of the Red Sox?

Trevor Story’s first two seasons in Boston were a mixed bag. He played second base instead of shortstop – and dealt with injuries – in ’22, then missed most of ’23 due to elbow surgery. Thus, heading into the third year of his six-year, $140 million contract, we’re still waiting to find out exactly what Story can do, and who he can be for this team when fully healthy and playing his natural position.

But if last week is any indication, Story is already rising to the challenge of leading a Red Sox team that very much needs direction. As promised in the early fall, he took it upon himself to host a pre-spring training camp for his fellow infielders, inviting Triston Casas, David Hamilton, newcomer Vaughn Grissom, and second-base prospect Nick Yorke to Dallas, where Story makes his offseason home. They worked out and trained together, played basketball and football, and attended a Dallas Mavericks-Memphis Grizzlies game.

It’s something Story learned from longtime Colorado Rockies star shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, who invited him to a similar camp when he was just a Double-A prospect. Now 31 years old, Story is the oldest, most veteran Red Sox infielder by far – Hamilton, 26, was the only infielder present older than 23 – and aware that he needs to step up for his young teammates.

“Tulo did it for me and it helped me so much,” Story told reporters in September. “I learned so much from him, how to work and go about an offseason. I still use a pretty similar template to this day. I want to do that to pay back the game and entrench myself in this organization even more.”

2. Can Triston Casas replicate his Rookie of the Year finalist season?

Speaking of infielders, happy birthday to Casas, who turns 24 on Monday, Jan. 15.

After finishing third in American League Rookie of the Year voting, what will he do in his sophomore season?

His first full MLB season got off to a slow start, but Casas rapidly adjusted, and quickly began figuring out the big leagues. After hitting .133 with a .576 between Opening Day and the last of April, he hit .257 with a .766 OPS in May, then put up better numbers in each of the remaining months of the year. He displayed a level of patience at the plate rarely seen in more veteran hitters, averaging under a strikeout per game. His 70 walks not only led the team, but tied for 10th-most in the league. And of the 14 AL hitters who drew 70 or more walks, he was the only one younger than 25.

In other words Triston Casas will be a tough act for Triston Casas to follow.

3. Why isn’t Rafael Devers coming to Winter Weekend?

Last infielder-related question this week, I promise.

For reasons unknown, Devers won’t be at Winter Weekend this coming Friday and Saturday. One assumes he has a good reason; the Red Sox know it wouldn’t be a great look for the team’s marquee player to be skipping the event simply because he didn’t feel like going, and this team doesn’t need any more bad looks.

4. Do the Red Sox have enough power?

This one feels rhetorical, as they didn’t even have enough power last season, and now, Justin Turner and Adam Duvall are free agents, and Alex Verdugo is on the Yankees. Verdugo’s 37 doubles and five triples led them team, and Turner and Duvall were two of four Red Sox players who hit at least 20 home runs last season. The two veteran sluggers combined for 44 of the team’s 182 round-trippers, and Boston still ranked a lowly 10th in the AL.

5. Will Tom Werner address “Full throttle”-Gate?

Did Brian Cashman ever discuss his “Do damage” comments after the ’18 Red Sox did some major damage to his Yankees?

Red Sox chairman Tom Werner put Breslow & Co. in a difficult position when, on the day Breslow was introduced as the new chief baseball officer, Werner promised a “full throttle” offseason.

It’s become quite the unfortunate soundbite, as the offseason thus far has been almost entire devoid of throttle. Among other things, the phrase put even more pressure on Breslow to make immediate, immense change.

It’s also insulting to Red Sox fans, who are intensely devoted and decidedly not falling for these empty promises. To paraphrase what one wrote to me recently, ‘Don’t piss on our heads and tell us it’s raining.’

6. Who’s the Opening Day starter?

It was supposed to be Chris Sale, Alex Cora said at the end of last season. The Red Sox begin their 2024 campaign against the Mariners in Seattle, so it would’ve been a full-circle moment for Sale, who last got the ball for the ’19 season opener, which was also in Seattle.

Now what? Or rather, who?

Is it Nick Pivetta? Now that Sale’s gone, he’s the longest-tenured member of the rotation.

Cora could also turn to Lucas Giolito, who’s looking to rebound with the Red Sox after a pair of down years. That he’s a newcomer wouldn’t necessarily preclude an Opening Day start; Corey Kluber took the mound for the season opener last year. (Though perhaps that’s reason enough not to test drive a new guy on Day 1.)

Perhaps it’s Brayan Bello, who’s entering his second full season in the Majors, and received enormous votes of confidence (and personal coaching) from Pedro Martinez. Their most promising homegrown starter in years, the Red Sox are counting on Bello to continue improving. His day-game struggles last season wouldn’t be a problem either, as Opening Day in Seattle is at 7:10 p.m. local time.

7. How many fans will show up to Winter Weekend?

The 8th annual Red Sox Winter Weekend returns to Springfield’s MassMutual Center this Friday and Saturday (Jan. 19-20), but will fans?

If you’re a nostalgic, there will be plenty of former stars to see. David Ortiz, Pedro Martinez, Dennis Eckersley, Fred Lynn, Carlton Fisk, and Wade Boggs are among the alumni slated to attend. On Friday night, Jonathan Papelbon will be hosting a late-night style segment with NESN’s Tom Caron.

However, Papelbon’s event is replacing the the town hall, which afforded fans the rare chance to speak directly to the upper echelons of the organization. Or more accurately, based on last year’s debacle, heckle and demand answers from John Henry, Sam Kennedy, Alex Cora, and now, Craig Breslow instead of Chaim Bloom.

A large contingent of fans are already sick of the lack of accountability and accessibility, and the Red Sox just gave them another reason not to pay the price of admission. As of Sunday evening, both day passes and weekend passes were still available.