You could ask ten different Boston Red Sox fans right now what they think of the team’s off-season and you will probably get ten different answers. Heading into the off-season it was clear the team had needs (backup catching, bullpen, back of the rotation starters, outfield, pitching and more pitching) what with them coming off the biggest collapse in Major League Baseball history. But this was also a team that everyone expected to come close to winning 100 games the year before. It was clear this was going to be a make or break winter for the Beantown nine even with the majority of the 2011 squad coming back.
With Spring Training less than a month away, I present the Red Sox off-season through a conversation with a rational and irrational Boston Fan.
Part 2 – Starting Rotation
Rational Fan – Tough to get excited about the starting rotation this year, eh?
Irrational Fan – What do you mean? You mean you aren’t pumped that they signed world beaters like Aaron...
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