But at the same time, part of being a professional baseball player is making adjustments. Youk will come back and adjust to their adjustments. I'm not saying he is a .310 hitter, but .280-.290 with good on base isn't out of reach. Youk is a pro. He isn't just going to become a .260 hitter because the league learned how to pitch him, he'll learn how to hit in the bigs.
Lugo
Coco
Ortiz
Manny
Drew
Lowell
Youk
Varitek (come back season?)
Pedroia
That coupled with our pitching staff is a scary good lineup. We need something to happen in the 'pen, be it Piniero running with the closer job, or Hansen and Delcarmen stepping up into the set-up core. Whatever it is, our bullpen is our biggest weakness right now, but its pretty big.