The Boston Red Sox have allowed more total runs and earned runs than any other team in the AL.
So is run prevention simply not working or was all the offseason talk about run prevention a lie?
My theory, as I have stated here before, is that Theo and his gang of nerds made a conscious decision to consider 2010 a “bridge year” and basically gave up on trying to win a World Series this season.
They signed mediocre talent (Mike Cameron, Marco Scutaro, Jeremy Hermida, Adrian Beltre) to fill the gaps until their prospects are ready for the big leagues—which wont happen until 2011 or 2012.
How do you sell mediocre talent and a hopeless team to a fanbase that wants another World Series title? Any good PR company will tell you to sugar coat your mission statement and come up with a slogan.
Hence “run prevention.”
The problem is, numbers don’t lie. But Theo does.
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