I voted for World Series win, why not? If you're going to do silly things like predict the unpredictable, you might as well go for broke.
Um, who would vote for a loss in the Wild Card game which is a coin flip?
J-Bay is on the new forum started up by Pumpsie Green. Some of the other BDC folks are there as well. Here's the link.
http://bostonredsoxforum.freeforums.net/
Pablo can show up in good shape and play hard. The problem is that he'll be 2 years older than the last time he played good and he didn't play at all last year. So he's a player already in decline who is now also coated in rust.
Pablo is such a goner that the only reason to even think about him is to try to figure how not to pay all of his remaining salary. There's no place for him on future Red Sox teams. If they can trade him and only pay 80% of what's left to pay they should be satisfied.
Worth noting on this topic...
Who were the last 2 ace pitchers to opt out?
1) Sabathia. Would the Yankees have been better off letting him opt out? Yes.
2) Greinke. Are the Dodgers better off letting him opt out? Sure looks that way in the early going.
It's not about low expectations, it's about realistic expectations based on how long it takes most young pitchers to develop.
Dombrowski is a believer in promoting them ASAP, so you don't have to worry much about him being babied.
Max, Max...it's major league baseball...it's subject to forces of random variance that are beyond our comprehension...and every W is as good as every other W.