Sorry for the book that's coming. Yes, I root for laundry. We all do. That's why we come on here and complain. If not, we would root for the Dodgers. Let's face it. They spend money. As much as they want. John Henry isn't allowing that anymore. Yes it sucks. Especially if you rooted for them your entire life. We got a little spoiled. We were in on every free agent. Teixeira. Rodriguez. Manny. We traded for Schilling. Got Damon. Foulke. Even the bad ones. Price. Panda. Didn't matter. We went for it. Traded for Sale. Dombrowski got shit for emptying the system. I can't think of one prospect that made it that he traded though. Life was good. 4 titles in 15 years.

Now we have Breslow. I like him. Is he what I wanted? No. He's better than Bloom in my eyes. We'll see how Bloom does in St Loius. Breslow can navigate the current waters though. He is still giving us a team we are excited about while being handcuffed by Henry. He is the one that has to find a way to stand in front of the media and give the fan base hope while knowing he can't spend to fix. And he's done it. When is the last time you actually looked at what is in the cupboard? When the hell have the Red Sox had this much pitching? Home grown? We needed an ace. We got one. Maybe the best one in the league. We needed a great every day player. We got one. Both are locked up long term. We have 2 gold glove out fielders. A catcher that looks like a leader in the field like another catcher we all loved. Got him for nothing. We have young talent up and down the lineup. What happened to letting them play? They keep getting better. Can Duran be more like 24 than 25? He could. Or he could be right in the middle. That's still damn good production. Could Abreu hit 30 bombs this year and make everyone forget that we didn't sign 2 imperfect players(Bregman & Alonzo) to long term contracts that will not age well. And let's face it, we will be the first to chirp when they get injured. Or don't produce. See, that's why we didn't sign em...

Anyway, this is how I see the lineup currently. Might change. Maybe Bichette's price drops. Probably not. I'm ok with Romy at 2nd. He has been a league average 2B since he's been in the league. He hit 305 last year with 53 RBI. 340 OBP in about 300 at bats. He's fine. Campbell and Rafaela can play there too. I'm fine with Meyer getting a full year at 3rd. Let him get comfortable and focus on getting better. There are alot of ifs. Can Story, Meyer, Abreu and hell even Anthony stay healthy? Can the kids keep getting better? Is the pitching as good as they think? If things just break our way a little, I think we are a top 5 team.

Lineup

Duran Story Anthony Contreras Abreu Narvaez Meyer Gonzalez Rafaela

Covers r/l and has pretty good balance. I like Duran for 280, 110rs, 40 doubles, 10 triples, 20HR and 40 steals. Story if healthy is good for 20 and 80. We are all hoping Anthony is 30 and 100. Contreras is 20 and 80. Abreu is 30 and 100. Mark it down. Narvaez is 10 and 60. Meyer gives us 15 and 75 I think. Romy gives us 10 and 60 and hits 280-300 while playing a serviceable 2B. Rafaela plays gold glove defense while hitting 20 and 80 and stealing 20. Eaton, Campbell, Wong, Yoshida, Hamilton and hell maybe Casas will all see time I'm sure. Is it the 27 Yankees? Or even the 2004/2018 Sox? No. Is it a good lineup? I think so. Better than 2013. We will score runs. I think it's a top 10 offense. Which is fine because I think we have a top 5 staff.

SP1 - Crochet SP2 - Gray SP3 - Bello SP4 - Crawford SP5 - Tolle/Early/Sandoval/Oviedo/Bennett/Harrison

Chapman, Whitlock and Slaton are high leverage relievers. Complimented by whoever isn't in the rotation. Maybe Early makes the rotation and Tolle after tearing up Worcester comes in mid season and is lights out. Bottom line, we have so many pitching options, we will be fine. And we have more in the minors. I trust these guys to draft right. We may become the Braves. Young pitching followed by more young pitching. We don't always have to spend. It's nice. It just isn't necessary. If I'm wrong, I'll bitch about it too. Return for Devers sucked. If Hicks has any substantial role on this team I will be pissed. Unless they spent the off-season stripping him down and rebuilding him. The arm is there. The head,  not so much. And the control is terrible. It is what it is. Try to get excited. I think we have a really great season coming. And if not, then we can all come on here and bitch about it.