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Originally Posted by cougarfreak
I don't see how the Red Sox go anywhere with the pitching they have.
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Exactly my worry, and what I was saying to /tk this morning.
Most puzzling part of the offseason to me was how they just apparently didn't want to spend ANY money. So they let Papelbon go, then instead of moving Bard to the closer role they inexplicably decide to put Bard in the rotation AND fill the #5 starter spot with a AAA player. AND to go out and sign a closer with a history of injuries, while they have 2 SP's (Dice-K and Lackey, who both suck balls, but oh well) out on the DL long-term.
They couldn't have picked up a couple MLB-average starters to fill out the back-end of the rotation in order to keep their bullpen strength up.
I predict Beckett makes 2 more crap starts before getting shut down for surgery with whatever little thumb-issue he has. Is fucking Bailey contagious or something?
To me it goes back to the decision to go all-in on Lackey & Crawford last year (which I also disagreed with). They had an in-house version of Crawford in Ellsbury, and Lackey just didn't project well. Plus, giving him that contract meant that you had to give Beckett an equal contract, so figure Lackey's contract actually cost 2x as much.
This team is being mismanaged to death by the FO.
The payroll is what...second highest in the league? And we have Aviles starting at SS and a couple of journeymen in the corner outfield spots?
WTF gives with that.