good signs, can’t wait for real games. 

It’s a good sign early on that the pitching looks much better than last year.  Especially given that the offense will be average to below average.

i agree. i think the offense will start to hit its stride.  too much tallent in the lineup to not produce.  I think we all have to remember that our line up is not built for power. although there are the power hitters in the line up i see most of them as hit for average type of players. of course this is just my opinion.  however as for pitching i think a lot of the turn around has to do with having the former pitching coach as a manager, along with pedro being on the staff.  those two are probably the major factors in the turn around. although the full story will unfold once april 1st rolls around.  

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 No kidding a real Chrysler just like the one Clay Buchholtz drives! Freakin’ awesome.

Impressive? What against the Jays minor league player’s? Sox Fans are the dumbest in baseball. They pay the highest tickets prices to watch a last place team, and now they are impressed with beating a minor league team. This team has got nothing. Last place again

Vote for Pedro

The rotation and bullpen look really good, and we’ll have MLB ready arms at Pawtucket as well.  The offense will struggle, especially is ellsbury gets off to a slow start.

I think our defense looks poor.  Napoli is adequate at best at 1st, drew is a scrub, and middlebrooks is still a bit raw at third.  gomes is a butcher.

the biggest problem to me is salty.  his throws are erratic, and at this point the numbers show that pitchers do worse with him behind the plate than they do with the other catchers we’ve had.  i hope it turns into a more even timeshare with ross and salty.  and when salty goes through one of his 45 game slumps, let his ride the pine.

Would you prefer they do awful against them? You’re logic is flawed. Nobody said: “Allan Webster will win Cy Young b/c he fanned a couple blue jays” I am simply saying 96 with control is good and it’s what he will need to be successful going forward. You should worry about the yankees staying out of the basement because their healthiest players are 40 years old

I’d characterize the offense more as hit or miss. A number of players could really go either way (Napoli, Victorino, Ortiz, Middlebrooks, Drew, Salty, Ellsbury, pretty much everyone minus pedroia) Any one of those guys is capable of putting up all star worthy numbers. They are also ALL capable of completely stinking. It will be interesting to see who sinks and who rises.

I really wish that Webster and Bradley could start the year with the big club. All good things…. right?

not worried about the basement , the Sox have that covered. Its funny all the old jokes are getting pretty funny, the Yankees are old every year and every year they win, can’t say that about the Sox.

they all stink

Nope. You’re the dumbest person in the world…last place? I cannot wait to read your posts when your Yankees are trying desperately to stay out of the cellar….Chipper Jones? Really? I heard they’re looking to sign Donnie Baseball…Paul O’Neil is available….who’s next; Manny? Hey dic k he ad, worry about your own pile of sh i t…..

Can’t wait to see you fold like a cheap pup tent…we all know what you’ll do; you’ll just change your ID because you have zero plums to take a beating like a man….go back in the basement with your bag of pork rinds fat boy…

We may look back in a few years at the Gonzalez trade/Beckett & Crawford dump as one of the best in Sox history. De La Rosa and Webster are both the real deal. Keeping the fingers crossed…

offense looks better in recent games. haven’t seen them altogether yet and papi is a big loss if extended. ellsbury is key, but he’s been quiet so far; where’s that explosiveness he’s shown? if not HRs then at least a high OBP and wreaking havoc on the basepaths. proven ability to be a gamechanger but hasn’t shown it so far. he’s the engine to this offense!

It is great to see that the pitching has started off this year much better than last year. The players who the team has to rely on as starters look like they have come back ready to play…and the depth of the players at the minors is also showing reasons for hope. Again, it is only spring, but this spring looks a lot brighter than last spring.

Do you sell yummy wraps too?

hahah well we’ll just have to wait for the season to start to determine that

I personally believe they can succeed as a whole if they get back to taking pitches. Last season they were very low in pitches per at bat compared to other years. That made the offense far less consistent. The guys they brought in (Victorino, Napoli, Drew, Gomes) all work long at-bats. Hopefully that continues in Boston.

Well the players that they would have to replace are worth trying out first. Say Lackey is the guy you replace Webster with; He has a high salary and only has a few years left of even having a CHANCE to pitch effectively. There is more reward if he succeeds bc he is a sunk cost. Same with Bradley. We have 1 season left with ells bury. he has the potential to put up monster numbers. Numbers that bradley would not likely pass in his rookie season. The reward to having the veterans succeed is higher IMO