willyssox

I am impressed with how many well written, intelligent posts there are on how well the Sox will do... On other sites I am known for my mile long responses but all I have to say on this subject is WE WILL GO NO FURTHER THAN OUR STARTING ROTATION WILL TAKE US. What better example than S.F. that Pitching is what wins Championships. With that said IMO we wont go far. For some reason and for 3 seasons in a row now Ben C. has wished, hoped... that Lester & Buchholz ( Beckett too before being traded) will be the clear leaders and get us to the Promised land and for 2 of those seasons they havent got it done, period, so what on Earth leads him or anyone else to think they will suddenly lead this team? Just adding Dempster ( who in limited time has stunk in the AL), clearly isnt enough. I dont understand why they didnt make a bigger push ( maybe Lester & Ellsbury) for Cliff Lee. I also dont understand why they wouldnt give up a supplemental draft pick to sign Lohse. If I had my way the Red Sox starting rotation would have been 1. Lee, 2. Lohse, 3. Buchholz, 4. Marcum, 5. Doubront. Lee- 6-9, 3.16ERA, 1.11WHIP Lohse- 16-3, 2.86ERA, 1.09WHIP Marcum- 7-4, 3.70ERA, 1.27WHIP We have a nice bullpen now but what good will they be when Lester and company routinely give up 4,5,6... runs a game? Which was the norm last year, I mean just look at how few "Quality Starts" those guys had last year. Perhaps someone can explain, in detail and with real proof how or why Lester (or anyone else for that matter) is going to turn it around and really make the difference.