2006-09-08 11:11:43 · 18 answers · asked by adrian a 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
They simply put were not. This year, not only did they spend over half the season in first place in what is generally the most difficult division in baseball (Although I might lend that one to the AL Central this season), but they posted their longest winning streak in team history (As well as breaking the record for longest errorless streak). Beyond that, they had some solid pitching early on as well as the best closer this year in Papelbon.
Then the injury bug hit. Among others: Clement, Wakefeild, Dinardo, Wells, Varitek, Crisp, Mirabelli, Nixon, and Pena have all hit the DL and that isn't even counting day to day injuries like Manny's or Ortiz. If you look at their injury list this year: outside of Mark Loretta, every single starting fielder on the team has been injured at some point this year.
A lot of people decry things like poor decisions like letting loose Damon or Crisp, but neither were really bad. The Damon decision was a no brainer. The guy's an aging prima donna with an awful arm. Defensively Crisp is a step up and no one knew he would end up injured. Damon is getting old and as a lead off man will be useless by the end of his VERY high four year deal. He was simply asking for more than he was worth and the Red Sox did try to keep him. As someone who said he wanted to stay, the Sox did everything they could to keep him around. Arroyo seemed like a bad decision initially, but by now? Definitely the right decision. Arroyo had a great start to the year while Pena spent it on the DL. In retrospect, that's horrible. But take into account Arroyo went to the pitching heavy NL and the fact his production pretty much dropped off by mid-season and he's suddenly not a huge loss. No one could've predicted the pitching injuries we had (When the trade was made, we had about eight solid starting pitchers to choose from) and if we hadn't made the trade we'd have been without an outfield when Crisp and Nixon went down at the same time. The Pedro deal...yeah, we'll all admit, Pedro got shafted. He was a great pitcher and he didn't get the respect he deserved from the front office and I wish him well with the Mets.
Those injuries were an obvious contributor to the Red Sox' abysmal August. The Yankees may have had a good few injuries, but they all happened early. Boston's injuries (The really hefty ones, anyway) happened after the trade deadline, so there was little to be done. Now that we've finally got most of our players off the DL, Papelbon's out for the season (Fatigue, mostly due to the amount he's had to pitch due to the pitching woes all year) and Lester's been diagnosed with cancer to take him out for the season as well.
No team could hope to cope with what's befallen them and make a playoff berth and the Sox aren't technically out of the running yet. That is by no means a "crappy" team.
2006-09-08 14:52:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
pink Sox followers are literally not hypocrites, you quite imagine they bought all their pitching? They traded for Beckett and Schilling, Jon Lester became homestead grown, Wakefield has been there for a lengthy time period and dice ok became the purely participant bought. you're incorrect, the pink Sox have a miles extra appropriate farm league then the almost continuously all-spend Yankees, or maybe the pink Sox lineup became homestead grown and trades. And besides, Yankee followers were extra spoiled then ever until eventually the pink Sox gained in 2004.
2016-11-06 22:23:54 · answer #2 · answered by bulman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they arent crappy, they still have a winning record but will just fall short of the playoffs b/c they had too many injuries in August, and no depth to replace them. The Yankees hadjust as many key injuries, but they were able to trade to get depth or bring up people to fill in. The mets have had many injuries with their pitching in the 2nd half of the year, and also were able to make a trade, or bring up someone that gave them a good enough effort to still win
2006-09-08 11:40:56 · answer #3 · answered by vincenzo445 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You let Pedro Martinez sign with the Mets.
You have no pitching.
2006-09-08 11:15:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Injuries and their pitching has fallen off a lot as a staff.
2006-09-08 12:07:47 · answer #5 · answered by perdidobums 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i no right its so sad.......well, there not really crappy its jus that everyone was injured but we dont really have pitching as usual.......seriously they really need to pick up some good people this year....especiallly pitching. they should get zito he's a free agent
2006-09-08 11:45:22 · answer #6 · answered by *<i:o) 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
they are crappy every year, they just got lucky in 2004. Now you'll have to see them suck @ss for another 84 years.
Thats a shame
2006-09-08 12:31:41 · answer #7 · answered by c-money 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
They got way too proud when they were ahead of their division for that little while.
2006-09-08 13:22:42 · answer #8 · answered by royalsgirl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
injuries, and no depth. they lost a lot with damon, and arroyo. pitching has struggled too.
2006-09-08 13:10:09 · answer #9 · answered by Naty:Co-Emperor Has Returned 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because the lost johnny damon and bronson arroyo
2006-09-08 11:14:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋