Red Sox issues: Real or just perceived?

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• Gordon Edes, Red Sox reporter, ESPNBoston.com Close
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BOSTON -- The question facing the Boston Red Sox as they open a six-game homestand against two AL East rivals, the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees, is this:

Are the flaws they have demonstrated in the first three weeks of the season real issues, or a matter of impatient perception?