The Red Sox have traded 4/5 of their starting rotation

[Dogman]

Lester, Lackey, Peavy and Doubie are gone.
 
So this is the current rotation:
 
Buchholz
Workman
RDLR
TBD (PawSox callup)
Joe Kelly
 
So, um, yeah.  
 
Do I have this rotation correct and has a team gone from winning the WS to trading 4 of their WS run starters in 9 months? 

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

Webster got a recent start, he may still be in the rotation

 

[Dogman]

Good call:
 
Buchholz
Workman
Webster
RDLR
Joe Kelly

 

[bankshot1]

Clay's last man standing.
 
Yikes.

 

[67WasBest]

Are you really worried about the 2014 rotation?

 

[trekfan55]

Isn't DelaRosa on some sort of innings limit?  Can we expect to see Ranaudo up sometime soon?

 

[brandonchristensen]

Pretty amazing to think about.
 
BRING ON THE NEW TEAM (and sign Lester after the season).

 

[67WasBest]

Isn't DelaRosa on some sort of innings limit?  Can we expect to see Ranaudo up sometime soon?

said to be starting tomorrow

 

[Savin Hillbilly]

You know, that could be an OK rotation. And we've got Wright and Ranaudo in the wings.
 
A conspicuous shortage of lefties though. It could get ugly in the Bronx, especially after Miller is gone.

 

[Remagellan]

So we're not competing in 2015.  

 

[Dogman]

Are you really worried about the 2014 rotation?

 
Not at all.  Just looking at the remainder of the season and who we will be watching.
 
Ace:

 

[jscola85]

Hope Ranaudo gets a few starts down the stretch.  Last 10 starts:
 
60.1 IP, 1.94 ERA, 0.93 WHIP, 46/17 K/BB, .185 opponent's average

 

[Dogman]

I'll add him.
 
Buccholz
Workman
Webster
RDLR
Kelly
Ranaudo
Wright
 
Let's go with a 7 man rotation!

 

[Red(s)HawksFan]

Isn't DelaRosa on some sort of innings limit?  Can we expect to see Ranaudo up sometime soon?

 
Tomorrow, most likely.  He's scheduled to pitch for Pawtucket, which was supposedly just a "coincidence".

 

[Dan to Theo to Ben]

Nice timing Dogman.
 
Mods, please merge or delete my thread.

 

[Harry Hooper]

 
Not at all.  Just looking at the remainder of the season and who we will be watching.
 
Ace:

 
 
 
Still some hours to go before the deadline.

 

[Snodgrass'Muff]

I'm guessing it's audition time from here until October. Clay will get his work in, Kelly will probably make all of his starts if he's healthy so the Sox can get a better read on him for 2015, and the remaining three spots will feature RDLR until he needs to be moved to the pen to limit his innings, Webster, Ranaudo and Wright.
 
For 2015 I expect they'll sign someone (I've made the case for Shields in a few threads now) and go with that free agent, Buchholz, Kelly and two of the kids. That's a pretty solid rotation depending on who they sign.

 

[brandonchristensen]

 

[CoRP]

Sounds to me like Lester's coming back...amiright?

 

[brandonchristensen]

Financially, where are we sitting?
 
What have we taken on and what have we lost? 

 

[CoRP]

It's all part of the plan!

sarcasm?

 

[savage362]

Can we just give Pedro a uniform? He can go from Special Assistant to the GM to #2 starter.

 

[JimD]

So we're not competing in 2015.  

 
Did MLB abolish free agency?

 

[Curll]

A 2015 lineup of JBJ/Pedroia/Ortiz/Napoli/Cespedes/Craig/Betts/Bogaerts/WMB is, uh, crazy good.

 

[brandonchristensen]

A 2015 lineup of JBJ/Pedroia/Ortiz/Napoli/Cespedes/Craig/Betts/Bogaerts/WMB is, uh, crazy good.

Potentially.

Add in Allen Craig's potential and it's potentially crazier goodier.

 

[Red(s)HawksFan]

A 2015 lineup of JBJ/Pedroia/Ortiz/Napoli/Cespedes/Craig/Betts/Bogaerts/WMB is, uh, crazy good.

 
And missing a catcher.
 
Edit: oh wait, is that where you penciled in Napoli?

 

[Laser Show]

 
And missing a catcher.
 
Edit: oh wait, is that where you penciled in Napoli?

Also overly right handed.

 

[Rasputin]

I don't get how you can have Cespedes, Napoli, Craig, and Ortiz all in the lineup at the same time. Seems to me they need to rotate among left, first, and DH. 

 

[the1andonly3003]

did Trader Danny take over the Red Sox for a day?

 

[Dogman]

I don't get how you can have Cespedes, Napoli, Craig, and Ortiz all in the lineup at the same time. Seems to me they need to rotate among left, first, and DH. 

 
Cespedes can play RF this year.   Cross the 2015 bridge when we get there. 

 

[Curll]

Hmm, I guess there isn't a catcher in there. Mookie!

 

[54thMA]

 
Not at all.  Just looking at the remainder of the season and who we will be watching.
 
Ace:

When I said in the game thread last night that by this time tomorrow Clay could be our ace, I was only joking Ben 

 

[Dan to Theo to Ben]

A 2015 lineup of JBJ/Pedroia/Ortiz/Napoli/Cespedes/Craig/Betts/Bogaerts/WMB is, uh, crazy good.

Your 2 players with the most PA's OPS'ing ~.655 isn't crazy good.

 

[BeantownIdaho]

Isn't that pitching staff, for the most part, what everyone has been talking about is the future of the RS? The future just got here.