With the first weekend of Major League Baseball in the books, the Red Sox were swept by the AL champion Rangers, and the Yankees took 2 of 3 against the Tigers. The season is 162 games long, so I would not look into the first weekend too deep, but there are definitely signs that tell me that Boston will be left out of the playoffs, again.
Watching the Ranger series, the Red Sox have major pitching issues. Everyone talked about the Yankees not getting Cliff Lee in the off season saying how weak the Yankee pitching staff is, but is the Red Sox who have more pitching issues then the Yankees. The Red Sox pitching has allowed 11 home runs in the first three games. Imagine what the Yankee line up could put up in a three game series against Boston? The bullpen is horrendous and did not get anything done the past series. Maybe its just the first week and they need to warm up, but the bullpen will not improve unless the Sox make multiple mid season trades.
Although the Yankees will have some pitching issues, they have a lineup that has been putting up good numbers. Imagine the year Mark Texeria could have with a good April and May. He is known for bad starts, but this year he already has three home runs and seven RBIs in four games.
They also have this guy that's a closer, Oh yeah Mariano Rivera, also known as the sandman, he is pretty good.
The main reason I feel the Yankees will have a better year then the Red Sox is the shaky play of Josh Beckett and Dice-K last year. Beckett is coming off injuries and his ERA last year was a career high 5.69. With both these pitchers, I feel every game will be like rolling dice, one day you may get a one or two run outing, and other days your going to get a five or six-run disaster.
And personally, the additions of Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzales are good moves for the Sox. However, the Yankees already have Curtis Granderson and Texeria to match up to them, so my question is who match ups to Alex Rodriguez and Robinson Cano on the Red Sox? No one.
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