So it turns out that some of my preseason predictions about the Red Sox were about as accurate as, oh, a bone-chip-shifting Butch Hobson throw in August 1978.
Much to my surprise, Garrett Richards is not the second coming of 1995 Eric Hanson, a 17-game winner in his one season with the Sox. Turns out Richards would have been no better than the third starter in a pitching rotation otherwise made up of members from the band Hanson. He’s been aces in relief, though.
Other predictions have been partially right. J.D. Martinez is going to bat higher than the predicted .