2005? Better than 2004?

[Texsox]

[santo=dorf]

I'm that Ozzie learned alot about managing a bullpen after his first year in the bigs. Who can forget that fiasco in Oakland?

Ozzie= :dips***

[Texsox]

I feel better about the pitching.

[Rowand44]

 

This team put together right now is already better then the team that went into spring training last year...........

[CWSGuy406]

The answer to that lies within if the Sox are able to land another starter. So, my answer is undecided.

[greasywheels121]

As stated in the question, it's still early, but I still like our chances more at the moment than I did last year at this time.

[AnthraxFan93]

Ozzie= :dips***

Just consider who hired him...

 

Enough Said

[striker]

I think our pitching staff is alot better but I'm sure there are more changes to come........

[santo=dorf]

Just consider who hired him...

 

Enough Said

Jerry Reinsdorf?

 

KW wanted Gaston.

[thedoctor]

today, i would say no.

 

going into last year i thought we had three solid starting pitchers (buehrle, loaiza, garland), then some questions marks. today i think we have three solid starting pitchers (buehrle, garcia, contreras) and some question marks.

 

going into last year i felt really good about our outfield. today i don't feel as confident knowing maggs won't be out there. i like the dye signing, but there is no combination of dye, gload, jurassic or timo that will equal the production a healthy maggs would have had.

 

going into last year i felt our infield was very solid. i presumed crede and harris would improve and valentin and uribe would be a nice platoon situation. today, i can't presume crede and harris will improve, and i have my reservations about uribe, although i do believe he will do the job.

 

i feel better today about our bullpen than i did last year. i really like the hermanson addition and i think marte will be better next year.

 

i feel about the same about our catcher situation. last year we went into the season with a young and talented catcher who'd yet to reach his potential. i think we'll have the same situation this year.

 

to recap: i feel our starting pitching is about the same, our relief pitching is better, our catching situation is the same and our outfield and infield aren't as good.

 

that's just today, though. i'm assuming there will be more roster tinkering before the season.

[quade36]

the Sox played half the season in 2004 with Scott Schoweineis, Dan Wright and Esteban Loaiza. The pitching staff alone is much different and much better then last year, now with a full season of Garcia and Contreras.

[danman31]

Too early to tell. The offseason isn't over and KW has made midseason deals often. Also, I still think the 04 team was decent when healthy. They wouldn't have been quite with the Twins, but they wouldn't have been floating around .500 either.

[mmmmmbeeer]

Last season we started the season with Frank and Maggs healthy. Not so this season. Offensively, there's no way we're where we were at last spring. This is what really scares me about a deal to land another SP, we're going to lose another big bat, either CLee or Paulie. This is going to put a lot of pressure on whichever is left, along with Dye (will he stay healthy) and Rowand (was last season what we can now expect) to produce in the middle of that order. Granted, with a strong rotation and a much improved/more experienced pen, we can afford a bit less offense, but I'm not convinced that the improvements can counter the offensive losses.

[AnthraxFan93]

KW wanted Gaston.

Gaston= JM2

[Gene Honda Civic]

Gaston= JM2

I didn't realize that JM had guided teams to back-to-back World Series titles.

 

-- You learn something new everyday

[YASNY]

I didn't realize that JM had guided teams to back-to-back World Series titles.

 

-- You learn something new everyday 

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