If Richards has found his groove, and Pivetta, E-Rod, and Eovaldi are still dealing, then I guess it's Perez who gets the boot when Sale comes back. Unless they go to a 6-man rotation.
I guess this all started because I said the trade was not a disaster - and if it were a disaster, then we recovered pretty quick because we're a first place team again hooray!!!
I'm trying to think of what the worst trade in Sox history that I personally was around for was. Maybe that Darren Bragg - Jamie Moyer one.
See you're agreeing with me. A disaster is say trading off your up & coming pitcher Derek Lowe and your up & coming catcher Jason Varitek to receive a horrible closer Heathcliff Slocumb.
I'm all for irrational exuberance, but this is not a 159-3 team. Come on, I think realistically they are going to be 158-4. I'll spot them one more loss.
See, I told everybody we'd be just fine. Did you ever hear me mentioning 0-162? Oh you did? Oh yeah, I did. All I can say is ... wow! Let's savor first place while we're there!
Modern, lol. 1986 was still before I started following the Red Sox regularly, which didn't come until 1988. To me that's still pre-history.
Edit: I'd say anything pre-Pedro/Nomar isn't modern Sox history.
I think the Sox have been pretty good at knowing when to let people go. There's only a few that come to mind that had a lot of good years left: Beltre (though that's over 10 years ago at this point), Lester, Miller.
So it's too early to do web searches on "worst start ever"?
Because this is fun reading:
The 1988 Baltimore Orioles had the worst start to a season in modern American baseball history. The Orioles finished 7th in the American League East, reduced to a record of 54 wins and 107 losses just five seasons after winning the World Series. The season is most notable for the 0–21 start that lasted from April 4th to April 28th.[1] Manager Cal Ripken, Sr. was fired after an 0–6 start and replaced by Hall of Famer Frank Robinson. The Orioles won their first game of the year against the Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park on April 29.[2] The most runs allowed during the season was 15 in a game on June 19 while the most runs scored was 12 in a game on May 31.[1] Orioles owner Edward Bennett Williams died in August of that year.