With that roster there is no reason the rest of the AL East should be competitive. That should be a division they can win by 10 games. Price/Sale/Porcello is vastly better than any other 1-2-3 in the division, Betts is a MVP candidate, as is Pedroia, power up and down the lineup with big on-base guys, Baltimore has a better bullpen but still. Starting pitching is the single most important thing and Boston has the best rotation in the division.
Farrell has to be awful. There's no other weaknesses to speak of.
Price not a big game pitcher as of yet and worst contract in baseball ATM, imo.
Pedroia an MVP candidate LAST year, Mookie not hitting his stride yet in an MVP manner.
1b and 3b are absolutely killing the Sox this year. Moreland is hitting good, blah blah. It's just blah blah cuz he has to play the field as well. Be a good DH though.
And the mental yips last night had as much to do with Sox losing(and then almost coming back, but then cementing loss) as Machado and Jones. Jones made some nice catches out there. Nothing spectacular, but not ordinary.
Sox fans call their own players reggins. There is cross-section of stupid ignorant "fans", but in Boston they somehow go to games.
As much as I have not been a fan of a lot of Sox FA signings, Sale is money. So, in other words, his arm will fall off end of August.