As a Boston Red Sox prognosticator, I will not be measured with Nostradamus or even the Amazing Kreskin, but some of that is predicated on the unknown.
Prior to spring training, I viewed this Red Sox team as a close to 100 win team – somewhere between 97-100 wins. The 100 number in the American League East is something special so I was possibly over exuberant.
The proverbial wheels started to come off in that most vital of area – pitching. Pitching is the first line of defense and David Price, Steven Wright, Tyler Thornburg and now Eduardo Rodriguez all missed time or the season.