If Lester doesn't work out, they will have to move fast to get someone or they could easily fall out of contention. I think the FO should make every effort to win this year. They already have a high payroll, and Red Sox fans pay some of the highest ticket prices in baseball to support that inflated payroll. They owe it to the fans to put together a team that can go all the way. It's not an acceptable strategy to hope the current team makes the playoffs with the expectatiion that they will get annihilated in the first round. My 39 years of fandom has proved to me that it you can be building for the future for decades. When you have the opportunity to grasp for the brass ring, I think you have to go for it. If they win it all this year, they would have to rebuild the farm system somewhat. I am not selling our future, the FO created this dilemna by their really sucky off-season bullpen moves.