Not really rebuilding. If they were really doing that, they would have traded more vets by now for better young players, not 'bags of balls' like they apparently got for Youkilis (not that I disagree with that trade). But I have to say, I am looking forward to seeing Crawford - Ellsbury - Kalish in the outfield, with Middlebrooks - Iglesias - Pedroia - Gonzalez in the infield and Salty and Lavarnway doing the catching, with Papi as DH... I think that is where we will be later this year, if they fall out of contention, but definitely next year.
Dan D Central NJ USA ________________________________ From: Ray Daniel Salemi <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, July 5, 2012 9:56 AM Subject: Re: Optimistically Speaking.... I'm pretty certain that the Sox will continue to play this way until they've shed themselves of tens of millions of dollars of DL money. I see too much instability in the roster. Guys coming up, guys going down, guys being traded. The Sox are in a rebuilding year, though no one is allowed to say it. On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 8:03 AM, Dan DiBiase <[email protected]> wrote: Given the state of the Sox right now (only 3 'experienced' Sox players in the line-up yesterday, down offensively but >getting decent pitching and with the AS break almost upon us and "only" 7.5 >games behind the Yankees with a 4-game >set about to start), I am still feeling cautiously optimistic about the 2H of >the year. Yeah, crazy, but I figure that they >can't play much more inconsistently than they already have. And with the >troops getting healthy - might we actually >have our projected starting outfield of Crawford, Ellsbury and Ross/Sweeney >after the break? - and assuming the >pitching stays decent - especially the bullpen - I can see the team making >some sort of run in the second half. Not >blistering like last year, but perhaps enough to get them into the play-offs. > > > >Seems to me the main competition for the second WC will be among Tampa >Bay/Cleveland/Baltimore/Detroit (assuming > >division winners NYY - CWS - Rangers and the Angels the other WC). With the >addition assumption of good health in >the second half, I don't see why the Sox couldn't be competitive with any of >those teams. > > >BTW, I will be going to Fenway during our annual sojourn to The Cape - but it >will be to see Springsteen perform! > > >Dan D >Central NJ USA > -- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red >Sox Citizens" group. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected]. >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en.
