Kudos to ESPN for knowing. I wonder what we all predicted. I betcha I had us under 40 wins. ... That said I was thinking today that the Sox high paid executives had to know this team was horsebleep coming out of spring training and would be monumentally bad.
Lineup: Full of wiffle ball bats. ONLY way it coulda been an OK offense is if Moncada, Robert, Vaughn, Sheets, Beni raked at the plate to make up for your Maldy's, Nickys, DeBongs and the other stiffs on the roster. Anybody with a brain knew the players I mentioned would not rake. Hence offensive potential out of spring training? 2 out of 10 max.
Pitching: Cmon. The Sox entered the season with the worst rotation in baseball. The Sox entered with the worst bullpen in team history. Pitching potential out of ST? 2 out of 10 max.
Defense: Whatever. You knew we were weak up the middle or average at best. Beni is a joke in LF arm wise. Robert is good. RF was a total joke. Defensive potential 3.5 out of 10.
It all added up to a horrible record. Sox wasted a lot of money on front office personnel. Fathom and Caulfield coulda written an essay for them showing we would stink.