red sox fan here....follow them pretty close....they have won 93 games for 2 years in a row and have added JD to the middle of the lineup....price is healthy and sale is sale (he starts hot) pomeraz is currently getting into shape after a set back with a forearm strain and will probably start season on the dl...porcello is ok at best, cy young year was a fluke with a ton of luck, rodriguiz is a question mark, top of the rotation stuff that has not panned out yet but i keep thinking he will have a break out year, wright the knuckleballer is recovering from knee surgery and will be back by may, brian johnson is a kid but may see some action as a fill in....bullpen is very strong....krimbell will close with smith who is healthy setting up....thornburg will start on dl but back soon and will be an excellent 7th inning guy...new lefty specialist this year,(can't remember name) and a couple solid leftovers from last year, kelley,barnes,hembree scott....very good pen....infield defense will be ok at best, pedroia will start on dl but we have nunez as a fill in and is more than capable, devers the kid will be at 3rd and he's the real deal but sophmore year, hanley will play first and moreland will fill in and bogarts will handle short and he is healthy after playing hurt most of last year so the infield will hit but defense will be suspect until pedroia returns...vazquez will handle the catching (calls a great game) outfield is the best with betts, bradley jr and benintendi and JD filling in (he can play d)
prognosis....this team was hit with the injury bug last year ( betts, pedroia, bogarts, price, hanley all had season long issues) and could not hit home runs but still scored a bunch of runs....they also had a manager that stopped leading and chose to dictate instead and lost the clubhouse....and they were very young....this years team has added JD to the middle of the lineup and has gotten healthy with the exception of pedey who should be back by june....they can hit, get on base, run the bases, defend (except infield) pitch and relieve....the yankees will hit a ton of home runs but this red sox unit will keep pace with runs scored i believe or close anyway.....
they are lined at 91.5 rsw and i took over and it will most likely be my largest future....yanks lined at 94.5 and with their starting staff i see this as being a struggle to get to
others i am considering
kc under (they lost everyone)
miami under (they will lose 100 gamed)
giants over (too many guys had injuries and off years and well managed)
yanks under (pitching suspect)
cubs over (they had a ws hangover last year and they got better this year)
