Question for the assembled. It's clear that the Red Sox are not going to contend this year. While I doubt they will win only 77 games, I don't think they'll break 81 by much.
They have no proven rotation. They have no one in the lineup who hit over 30 home runs last year. They are strong up the middle (Salty, Petey, Inglasias, Elsbury) but not overly so. They have problems at both corners, and at DH. So here's my question. Was Tom right to complain that the Sox had tossed away their talent with no chance of replacing them? Or, was the chemistry of that talent so toxic that it wouldn't have made a difference. I read an article this week in SI about the Rays and their systematic way of growing a team. Then I think about the Sox hiring a crazy old Grandpa like Bobby Valentine to run their team. I suspect that the Sox would be in a similar spot whether or not the did the trade because the trade was not the problem. So was Tom Right? Ray -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
