The Boston Red Sox started out the season 21 – 8 after their 1st 29 games, they have since gone 26 – 25, can they rectify their recent pedestrian play and hold off their 4 Division Counterparts to make the playoffs?
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Ellsbury played at a AL MVP Caliber clip in the 2011 – if Boston wants any chance to compete this season, they will need for him to play like he has in this 1st half. While his power has eluded him (1 HR only) – he has Stolen 32 Bases, has hit .293 – and scored 49 Runs in 73 GP. The biggest decision to be made will be to whether or not the franchise will re-sign their CF – or go with a younger player in Jackie Bradley JR?
The Boston Red Sox began the 2012 year in financial salary hell with Carl Crawford, Josh Beckett and Adrian Gonzalez on the books for 3 – 6 years time in contract length. In one fell swoop they traded all of them to the Los Angeles Dodgers – they freed up the ability to re – stock themselves with new players.
The team also brought back John Farrell to coach the team.
At the halfway mark of this season tonight at 47 – 33 + tonight’s eventual result with the Blue Jays, and the team is back in 1st place in the vaunted AL East.
Will they have enough steam to hold off the competitive clubs of the Division?
How many more years will they be able to count on David Ortiz as a premiere slugger from the DH position?
David Ortiz has been crushing the ball at an all time rate since rejoining the club just right after the Boston Marathon Tragedy. In just 61 Games Played this season – he has a 3 Slash Line of .319/.405/1.025 – with 16 HRs and 57 RBI. He is still the premiere DH in the AL – and could go along way in Boston making a return to the playoffs in 2013. The 37 Year Old signed a 2 YR/$26 MIL deal before this year that ends in 2014.
Mike Napoli originally had signed a 3 YR/$39 MIL deal that was identical to the Shane Victorino deal for length and year. After failing a physical however, the team only to pay him a 1 YR deal worth $5 MIL. That means the big 1B/DH/C will hit the FA market again this upcoming winter. Napoli has a 3 Slash Line of .264/.344/.791 – with 9 HRs and 53 RBI in 273 AB so far in 2013. Napoli is looking for this 6th consecutive 20+ HR campaign. While potentially also driving in 100 RBI – he could likely command another contract offer similar to the 3 Year deal the man from Hollywood , FL agreed to before Boston learned of some nagging injuries.
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Jeff Kleiner: “I have been a sports fan since the first Baseball game I went to at Comisky Park in Chicago in 1959, when baseball for me turned from black and white to color. I have attended or watched thousands of games, always paying attention to statistics, rosters and salaries of all professional sports.
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