Giving up on a team has nothing to do with thinking they don't have a chance to get to the playoffs. You can love the Sox while thinking they might not be good enough this year...
Feel free to write 3,000 words on the subject, but the Sox are still 2nd in runs scored. The issue is the lack of top of the line the pitching, nothing else.
s***, I don't remember Pedro struggling the way Buchholz did.
Not an ace. At best he's a 2.
People calling him an ace are the same who defended Lackey. Take the blinders off.
Jones looked real good
Hightower landed some big hits but needs to wrap people up
Secondary looked ok
Vereen and Ridley looked good
Lloyd ran some good routes and was targetted 3 times
OL looked bad
Hoyer and Mallett were crap
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.