Put a fork in the Red Sox

[the_fat_man]

Done.

Cooked.

It's all over for this year.

Way to put a team together.

Where do I get one of these jobs where I'm INEPT yet still make tons of money?

[Nascar1966]

Im going to quit picking them in my contests that I play. I have been burned by them too many times already this year. Bad thing is this still is the first month of baseball season.

[dalakhani]

I don't disagree that the Sox are in trouble. There is a giant hole in the middle of that lineup and Papi looks like he is seriously missing the needle. Maybe they are biding their time and hoping to get Gonzalez on the cheap.

Either way, how does one call a GM that has won two world series...the only two in the last 90 years in boston...inept? Theo is a lot of things but inept is not one of them.

[MaTH716]

They have too much pitching to stick a fork in them already.

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

They have too much pitching to stick a fork in them already.

Exactly. Lester is going to work his way out of this. Beckett will be fine. Bucholz is right there. They can work out the bottom of the rotation from there.

That being said, to compete in the AL East, you need power. Were they really banking on Beltre and Cameron to deliver it? I think there will be moves coming. The Sox would sooner be average for a year than to break from their plans and grossly overpay at this point.

[hi_im_god]

i usually make one baseball post/year. because i f'in hate baseball. it's early but here it is:

"oooooh! they won 8 in a row! we're going to win the world series!"

"aaaaah! they lost 8 in a row! we're never going to win another game!"

"huh. will you look at that. they finished .500."

-baseball fan unable to deal with statistically insignificant fluctuations.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

Exactly. Lester is going to work his way out of this. Beckett will be fine. Bucholz is right there. They can work out the bottom of the rotation from there.

That being said, to compete in the AL East, you need power. Were they really banking on Beltre and Cameron to deliver it? I think there will be moves coming. The Sox would sooner be average for a year than to break from their plans and grossly overpay at this point.

The yankees have 16 HR's, the Red Sox have 14.

After 12 games is is readily apparent that it is far to early to assume anything. I believe that their offense would be fine...if they stopped giving up so many runs!!! That is their biggest issue. Adding offense is far easier than adding pitching.

Beltre avged 25 HR's from 2006-08 in Seattle
He was famously injured for much of last year
Why wouldnt they expect 20+ HR's from him?
Cameron was signed as a defensive CF. His last 4 year HR totals?
22,21,25,24

Why exactly should they expect less than that? There are 150 games left...