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Doubront is a #5. Dime a dozen.

The Redsox biggest problem at this point is the fact that they won a World Series with a team that had no business winning a World Series after the disaster of 2012. I think they created unrealistic expectations for themselves going in to this year. They were really fun to watch last year, but they really overachieved. The results so far this year, are what we should of expected last year after Bobby V's 2012 year of 69 wins. When I watch this team play, I am not upset, this is kind of how I expect this group of players to play. Minus Clay Buccholz, who has really been disappointing? LF: Gomes has returned to career average. He is the loudest s***** backup in all of professional sports. Kevin Millar used to irk me. At least Millar could play a little bit. Nobody gives a s*** about you if you don't produce. Nobody can tolerate a blowhard that doesn't get the job done. STFU or get lost. Maybe thats why your shtick got so old with every other team you have played on. LF: Carp has returned to his journeyman pinch hitter career. He is an automatic 4-3 PO, or 4-6-3 DP. Last years production created unrealistic expectations for this year. LF: Sizemore, regardless of what the media is saying, will not be the comeback player of the year. He sucks, and looks like toast. He has almost been as bad as JBJ, which is not exactly a player you want to be compared to offensively. Defensively, he appeared to have lost a step in CF....and has since been relegated to sharing time with superstars like Carp and Gomes (if you dont believe me about Gomes, just ask him). CF: Bradley has looked like a gold glove player with a AA bat from day 1. Bradley and Sizemore were a terrible Ellsbury replacement plan. He has been absolutely terrible at the plate and can't even get a bunt down when asked to. Keep in mind that he never exactly lit the world on fire in the minors. In a couple years, we wont even remember his name....sorry, but its true. He will hang around the MLB for his glove as a 4th or 5th OF. RF: Victorino played above his career average last year. His career was trending down before last year. Its funny how law of averages finds a way to even things out. Hes a great OF, but we have too many guys in the lineup who cannot make an impact. Victorino is a nice piece in a lineup. He should not have been expected to replicate what he did last year. He is also a year older, and a little more injury prone, which has been an adjective to describe him the last couple of years. 3B: Middlebrooks has sucked the majority of his career. This is who he is, this is what I said he was last year. He is a VERY poor mans Shea Hillenbrand. He should have been dealt in the offseason when he at least had a little trade value. He is pretty much worthless at this point. He will be 26 by years end, he is still a below average 3B. He still can't get on base and he is injury prone. Once in a while he hits a solo HR, big deal. SS: Bogaerts is not a MLB SS. I said it all offseason. He should be at 3B or LF and eventually at 1B when Napoli leaves. Same defensive career path as Pujols. He is not a SS. You can see that Bogaerts will be a special offensive player at some point in his career. Take some pressure off him defensively and put him at 3B or LF since all of our LF's suck. Drew should have been re-signed. John Farrell was a Drew guy, and he provided stability, defense and strong at bats which lengthened the lineup. 2B: Pedroia has been a little off his career norms. You could argue that he was off last year as well. His injury last year has clearly sapped some of his power. He has set some very high expectations for himself, but we have to be fair to him. The way he plays the game, at 30 going on 31 and his power numbers declining in three straight years, you have to suspect that his "grittiness" is catching up with him. He still has a lot of ball left in him, he may no longer be able to produce "laser shows". He is not a cornerstone offensive piece. The fact that they need someone else to hit leadoff so they can hit Pedroia 3rd does not say much for our lineup with the type of production he gives out of the 3. He is a great #2. He is still an elite player as a #2 hitter. As a #3, he is in the bottom half of the league. 1B: Mike Napoli's power numbers are down at this point, but he does a good job of fitting their offensive philosophy. He plays a very good 1B. The only thing that is consistent about him offensively, is that he will be inconsistent. In the end his numbers will be solid, but he will have huge peak and valleys. C: Pierzynski has not lit the world on fire, but so what. He is a catcher. Salty could not hit, throw, catch, field, call a game......just because he was less s***** than everyone else didn't make him good. The bigger disappointment has been David Ross. I was hoping he would have been given more of an opportunity to work with the pitching staff. DH: Ortiz has been his consistent self. He will be at .300/30/100. The pitching staff really has not been that bad. The biggest problem is the order in which they pitch. Lester is your #1. The problem is Clay. If he can't be a #2 or a #3, you really don't have a shot at winning. In a perfect world Doubront is your #5. When he is pitching as a #3 or #4, you are in trouble. When things are right, you have: Lester Clay Lackey Peavy Doubront Everyone is pitching out of order, which has created unfavorable starting pitcher matchups....which has piled up a bunch of losses in a short amount of time. Everything changes if Clay steps up and pitches like a #2. The thing most concerning about Clay, is the lack of velocity and movement on his pitches. Even at the end of last year, he was getting by on reputation alone. At this point he looks like he has a dead arm. I am not talking about the type you get mid season either. By dead arm, I mean that his arm is suffering from no injury, but is simply not able to produce the same results it once did, the type of thing that was predicted of the frail body of Pedro Martinez. In the end, the biggest concerns about this team were all things that could have been addressed in the offseason. Everyone knew Ellsbury was gone, and they made absolutely no effort to address the hole it created. I don't give a s*** that he left, but Bradley/Sizemore is a disgraceful replacement plan. Stephen Drew wanted to stay in Boston. John Farrell wanted him to stay in Boston. The Redsox got zero draft pick compensation and saved a grand total of 4 million dollars. Was it really worth being 5 games under .500 to this point? There were concerns about Clay's arm/durability last year and going in to the playoffs. They made absolutely no effort in finding an insurance plan, and don't spit out Chris Capuano. He was an afterthought that has worked out as a reliever. This team has the ability to turn it around. The Drew signing, and the acquisition of a REAL LF along with a replacement level CF at the deadline would dramatically improve the offense, but in the end.....if Clay continues to pitch like s*** and the starting pitching staff continues to matchup out of place....we have no chance. Luckily for us, the AL East is an absolute joke this year.

YES It was good while it lasted. He can't run, throw or field though.....and now hes not hitting. Send his ass down.

:-( Miller is filthy.

I thought I was wrong about Nava last year about him being a marginal player. Nope.....these things eventually work themselves out. Last years fluke season walks and talks like a duck. Daniel Nava, meet earth.

oh hey

OK fine......how about this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRYkjPE3D9o

I'Ve been good. Iv'e moved up in the world. No longer small time, working undercover for the United States Government is not all that it is cracked up to be.........you have no idea what its like to pretend that you have no family, no friends and no wife for 6 months at a time during an op. I am blessed to do what I do, but its tough living two different lives, Imagine what its like to live in enemy territory, to HAVE to root for your rivals!!!!!.......

Not sure that WMB has much of a future with the Redsox.....also, not sure what his trade value is. Teams around MLB saw the same thing we did, a player in a big sophomore slump and knowing that we HAVE to deal him.

Matt Clement #2 ?????

ok ok ok, how about this...........

Why!!

I have been great, lots of new people around here it looks like.......doubt many of them even know who I am haha.

Where have you been?????

These are your "wins"? I'd hate to see what the "losses" group looks like.

Not again......

I don't, but he might...and thats the point I was making.

I prematurely declared that he was done when I created this thread. He has finished the year nice, and I would like to see him return......but I doubt he will. He will want a bigger, longer contract and the Sox f***ed around with him in negotiations this past offseason.

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut. Dojji has missed the mark at a comedic level on every other of his "prospects". Its laughable with some of the s*** hes said over the years about the piles of dogshit that has come through the system. Dojji has always been a rooter of the underdog, he found one in Nava. I would not take any future advice from him regarding prospects, hes wrong 99.9% of the time.

Ridley looking pretty good. The offense is a little concerning, but they will be fine. Gronk will be back week 3 along with Amendola hopefully.

I just don't see it, and I hope it never happens. Roger Clemens is the pitcher version of Jose Canseco. Maybe if he were to pass away tomorrow, and in 20 years everyone had a case of amnesia he would get his number retired, but he has built himself quite a resume....on the field, and off. A liar, a *******, a cheater, a cheater (his wife). a selfish prick, a money grubbing douche bag (who charges a 5 year old kid 10 dollars for an autograph?). He named his own kids with names that represent his achievements. Roger Clemens was fat, lazy and out of shape when he left in the "twilight" of his career. Doesn't it piss you off that he worked harder than he ever did AFTER he left for Toronto and the money, then proceeded to stick it up the RedSox ass? Remember when he tried to get his friend (Brian Macnamee) to admit to something that never happened to cover his own ass? Remember when he lied to Congress? Remember what he put his "best friend" Andy Pettite through, essentially calling him a liar (misremembered?)? .....it will be a black mark honoring a guy like Roger Clemens. I'd like to think they will never issue #21 ever again because of who the number represents, not of what he accomplished.

Yup, and if they start making exceptions, Dwight Evans number should be retired before Papi.

I agree with everyone except Clemens.......strange though, why is his number off limits? Nobody has worn 45 since Pedro. Plenty have worn 26 since Boggs. Plenty have worn 24 since Evans. Why is Clemens number off limits?

I have no problem with the approach. It's not like they are swinging at balls. Scherzer is a strike throwing machine right now, what does it matter if they see 1 strike or 3? The problem is the s***** results over the last game and a half, which is concerning if we have to play them in a playoff series.