Burnett is defintely not having a career year. That proves that you judge pitchers by wins, which proves how limited your reasoning is.
Dude, what teams don't struggle against ace type pitchers. The Red Sox beat Lackey., K-Rod, and the rest of that Angels staff countless teams in the playoffs. That just proves how much of a tiny sample size you are using to validate your point. The Red Sox have three pitchers that can make other hitters look just as bad.
Oh, and all they've done is score more runs since he's been gone. Probably not causation, but rather the fact that this offense has always had a premium offense. Jason Bay has been about as good as Manny has, but the Red Sox have added David Ortiz, Jed Lowrie, a much more tolerable Jason Varitek, and have got what Manny produced in Jason Bay.
Yeah, but last year Ortiz wasn't playing with constsnt clicking in his wrist,.