You cannot replace an ace when they go down, just ask the Cardinals. The Yanks prepared this season with 6 starters. We lost one for a long time, but he's back. Another one fell off the map come August. The rest are still pumping out quality starts. With this offense, that's all you need. The sox lost their #3 and #5 starters, their #4 is now the worst pitcher in baseball, their #6 got really old real quick and lost the flutterball, the #1 missed a few starts, they acquired the guy we'd call a #7 and he's out, they had to turn to #8 and #9 down the stretch as well. Doubront got hurt and is now a pen arm. Basically, their #1 and #2 has somewhat healthy yrs. After that, it's been a mess. This isnt Theo's doing. This is just s*** luck