Lackey is NOT untradable. FO would just have to eat 85% of the salary.
Why would anyone want Linares to get playing time? He's too old to be a prospect.
Replaced Beckett with Lackey.
Rookie catcher who currently isn't hitting well.
SS who can't hit a lick.
This isn't much of an improvement over the 2012 Sox.
In total:
Lackey
Beckett
Salty
Aviles
I'd be open to moving the entire roster for the right price. I don't think there are any untouchables playing higher than AA.
There aren't many in the organization that could be blameless this year, if any. It's more than one or two people. Unfortunately, that's all that will change for 2013, just a few people.
This team played better for Tito. BV was the wrong guy. All the "FrancoMa lost us 10 games last year" talk in the offseason was laughable. Sure, it was time for Tito to go, but LL picked a horrible replacement.