Starting this thread as a place to discuss the actual on field aspects of the team while hopefully keeping the $$$ talk for other threads.
At the suggestion of a couple of well respected dopes in an attempt to avoid a megathread well be starting a new thread each month for discussion, observations and the tracking of current trends.
As the calendar turns to May we'll look to continue what has been some good discussion. 30 games into the season the Sox are 17-13. I think all of us would have signed up for that with a fully healthy team, let alone this Beantown version of a MASH unit that has been cobbled together. The pitching staff has been beyond anything we thought possible from this group, likewise the catching tandem of Wong and McGuire and let's talk about this outfield. As a group they have been solid on defense and rock stars on offense. The season's starting CF is settling in at SS, Duran has moved from LF to CF and is playing well. Abreu has taken over in RF and has absolutely made the most of his opportunity. Tyler O'Neill...y'all don't need me to tell you about Tyler FN O'Neill. Conventional wisdom would tell us this can't be sustainable, but that same "wisdom" told us that it wasn't even obtainable. As @InsideTheParker would say, "Geaux Sox!!! Now continue to discuss.
At the suggestion of a couple of well respected dopes in an attempt to avoid a megathread well be starting a new thread each month for discussion, observations and the tracking of current trends.
As the calendar turns to May we'll look to continue what has been some good discussion. 30 games into the season the Sox are 17-13. I think all of us would have signed up for that with a fully healthy team, let alone this Beantown version of a MASH unit that has been cobbled together. The pitching staff has been beyond anything we thought possible from this group, likewise the catching tandem of Wong and McGuire and let's talk about this outfield. As a group they have been solid on defense and rock stars on offense. The season's starting CF is settling in at SS, Duran has moved from LF to CF and is playing well. Abreu has taken over in RF and has absolutely made the most of his opportunity. Tyler O'Neill...y'all don't need me to tell you about Tyler FN O'Neill. Conventional wisdom would tell us this can't be sustainable, but that same "wisdom" told us that it wasn't even obtainable. As @InsideTheParker would say, "Geaux Sox!!! Now continue to discuss.