Are you serious? Do you really think Lowell will be as bad as last year, especially switching to a hitter's park? Do you REALLY think we're going to suffer the loss of Damon when we've added a younger, faster, and arguably BETTER center fielder in Coco Crisp? Oh, and Crisp can reach the infield with his throws, too. That's always nice to have.
We've upgraded at first. We've upgraded the rotation and the bullpen. We might have even upgraded in center, like it or not. We've upgraded at second, and it's going to be pretty hard not to upgrade at short. And there's a decent chance we've upgraded at third, so just stop.
And Mr. Psychic, please tell us how you know that Lowell will be up in clutch time, and that Bernie and Posada won't...