I Think I'm Going to be Writing this a lot this year

I'm just going to clear something up right off the bat. I'm grumpy today. Probably a bit too much sports radio for me. OK. Definitely way too much sports radio for me. It was a rare chance for me to catch more than I usually do, and unfortunately I took it. I, for some reason, felt the EEIdiots might have some good tidbits on spring training. But, no. They were complaining. Again.

Still.

Ugh.

It's not even that they keep harping on the same false narratives. It's not even that they switch the narrative from one side to the other. It's that they do it all at once.

And it's always negative.

Take today's Q&A with ownership. The owners feel the Sox are in a good place entering the season, as I do, even without making a huge offseason acquisition. They assume that the new coaching staff will bring out the best in the players they have, and that will make them a better team. Now, you'd think that the EEIdiots would be jumping up and down in excitement over this. After all, they were the ones who have been screaming to fire John Farrell. They felt he was costing the team games. I heard numbers like five games being thrown out during last season. So, it would seem, by replacing Farrell with Cora you'd at least get those five games Farrell lost you, right? Add five wins to last year's totals and the Sox are a 98-win team, finishing seven games ahead of the Yankees. Not sure you can ask for more out of a team than that. So, woo hoo! Right? Well no, apparently. It seems that despite having the talent to win 98 games, the Sox are woefully short on talent. They needed to add someone. They need power! Apparently a full season of Devers isn't enough. (Weren't they pretty high on him last year?) They need more!

So, they were even more frustrated when the ownership said that the Yankees adding Giancarlo Stanton was great for the rivalry. How dare they!?! The Sox stand pat, and the Yankees make a deal...and that's just good for the rivalry? 

Umm...yeah. It is.

Remember, by the EEIdiots own calculations, the Red Sox had a seven game cushion last season over the Yankees. Trading for Stanton made up about five of those. So, it brought the Yankees closer to the Red Sox. Which makes sense. The trailing team makes the crazy desperate move, while the leading team can play it safer. How is this hard to understand?

And, that's just the X's and O's games that Cora is getting the Red Sox. See, what people forget when they clamor for a bat to replace David Ortiz is that Mitch Moreland hit 22 HRs last season. So, the entire lack of offense from the Red Sox last season was due to the 15 HR drop from Ortiz to Moreland?

Of course not.

Several other players also had bad years. Betts, Bogaerts, and Hanley all drooped. Remember, that was Farrell's fault too. So, bring those guys back, and the Sox are a juggernaut. 

I'm trying to remember a line-up with more excitement at the top than Betts-Benintendi. Give me a healthy Bogaerts to go along with that. Hanley needs to be focused this year, or his option for next year is out the window. Bradley Jr is a whiz in centerfield. Devers could burst onto the scene. Vazquez promises to keep baserunners on their toes all season long. That offense should be fun to watch. You can't turn your back on any of them.

How could this team be more exciting?