Panda's issues against LHP and lackluster regular season stats are not that surprising. Ortiz getting older is not surprising. Hanley getting an injury is not surprising especially that he looks like an OLB now. Catching was an automatic offensive black hole. Pedroia will never be 2008 Pedroia again. Xander is still a WIP. Betts was not a sure thing. The starting staff was underwhelming on paper. The mediocre performance is largely due to the FO imo.