Yeah, if anything with a healthy Bieber they'll be better.
They also seem to pull a decent starter out of their ass on an annual basis.
The ALC is much improved, maybe even no 90 loss teams, but the Sox are still a lot better than the rest. Last year they won 93 games, this year they might win 87-89 just based off the improvement of the ALC.
I could see the rest of the ALC hovering around the 75-83 win range and the Sox solidly in the high 80s.