I'm not sure I agree about our replacements. If you look at the Rangers (The best offensive team in baseball) their bench is Snyder, Toreallba, Gentry and Alberto Gonzalez. I'd take Ross, Punto, Shopach and McDonald over that. Injuries are really tough on us. There are 9 guys who were supposed to be in the Majors right now who are injured (Bailey, Crawford, Jacoby, Hill, Lackey, Daiskue, Miller, Jenks and Kalish).
Rough estimate? that's about 3 Red Sox injuries for any regular team injury. I think that with a good 'pen, from looking on the schedule, we'd be 7-7, which isn't bad considering the rough start and the tough schedule.