seriously, guys? Give me a break. The Red Sox have won THREE World Series Titles in the last 10 years. F'in THREE! More then any other team in baseball during that duration. You sound like spoiled brats complaining that mommy and daddy didn't buy you a Range Rover for your 16th birthday.
Not to mention it's April. Relax.
As far as expectations go...It's hard enough to win ONE World Series. Repeating is nearly impossible. I'd be surprised if the Sox even make the playoffs. and when they miss the playoffs I won't be complaining.
give it a break
Please don't take this the wrong way, but I HATE this line of thinking.
Essentially because the Sox won 3 WS in 10 years, the team's management should now have a get out of jail free card every year to do whatever they want or should I say not do anything?
It's like essentially saying it's okay to follow a championship season with 20 or 30 years of a putrid product.
Sorry, but as fans, I believe we should expect the best from our teams every year.
The origin of my argument (and someone else mentioned this) is that the Sox literally did nothing this offseason.
They didn't replace Ellsbury
They didn't sign any decent free agents
They also put way too much stock into rookies and role players like Bogaerts, Bradley, Middlebrooks, Gomes, Nava and Carp.
I can see giving Bogaerts his shot as his scouting reports would dictate he COULD (NOT guaranteed) end up being a really good player.
But guys like Nava, Gomes and Carp are all bench players.
And to the point of this article, I think it's also kinda ridiculous to expect to sign really good pitchers on 4-5 year deals under 100 million.
I understand today's market has dramatically risen in terms of free agent value, but that's the reality of the situation. If the Sox are expecting someone to agree to an economical offer, when the same player could probably get 10 times more on the open market from another team then they shouldn't be holding their breath.