This is my first post so i want to hit on a few things.
1st- John Lackey sucks and he has since we signed him. Terrible addition.
2nd- Dice-k blows unless he pitches against mediocre teams just like old wakefield (who should go ahead and hang up the cleats and give the sox that much needed roster spot back)
3rd- Why the hell did we let Adrian Beltre go when he was one of, if not our best player, last year? o and he's doing pretty good for the rangers right now.
4th- I love pedroia but his production has been steadily declining since his '08 MVP.
5th- Jed Lowrie is the future of the Red Sox. Second in batting average on the team right now just behind gonzo. hitting .109 percent higher than Crawford.
6th- We spent all this money getting good bats when we really needed some good pitching.
Our pitching sucks. Beckett has been good this year despite being horrible last year (over a 5 ERA) Drew is not getting any better in his age and mike cam sure the hell isn't. David ortiz is looking pretty good considering most people wanted to drop him last season. the additions of jenks (whos career we should have known was about over) and wheeler have been busts.
7th- We NEED as strong catcher! I don't even understand why we traded for salty? he wasn't that good in texas. varitek is old and has been struggling for 6 years as he hasn't hit over .255 since '05. maybe he should retire and just be our catcher's coach or a bullpen catcher. The additions of russell martin for the yanks and mike napoli for the rangers have been good catcher additions for their teams.
lastly- i hope we don't deside to make another eric gagne trade mid season this year.
