Kimmi, I'm afraid the pre-season projections about the Sox having a great offense this year may have been made with rose-colored glasses. The facts are that we had one of the worst offenses in the league last year, and our big additions were Hanley and Panda, who had an unspectacular OPS of .739 last year.
Declines by Ortiz and Napoli this year are not shocking.
Where exactly was this big leap from bad offense to great offense supposed to come from, when you break it down?
Was it based on high hopes for Mookie, Bogaerts and Castillo - maybe even Craig?
Go through our offense one by one. The numbers are consistently disappointing, and yet, none of them should really be all that shocking.