What if the Sox won 1 of those first 3 games LAST season. They'd have been in a WC game in October. See how this works? Every game counts towards the final record.
This team is screwed up pretty good. I think under 500 for the final record is not out of the question. How many games will this team be able to pull off Ws by going up 5 or more runs in the late innings? 3 runs is not enough.