It is early June and the Sox are playing well. The glass is definitely half full.
Lester and Buchholz are the leaders of the pitching staff.
Bard, Delcarmen, Okijima, and Papelbon have been solid out of the bullpen.
Offensively, Papi's emergence has really propelled the club over the last month. Beltre is still hitting for average and mixes in the occasional bomb from one knee. V Mart, Pedroia and Youk have yet to hit their stride. When Ellsbury gets healthy the line up now gets much deeper.
Defensively, it looks like the kinks have been worked out. Run prevention. Run prevention. Run prevention.
The enormous problem is the fact that the Yankees and Rays are playing great too! The Blue Jays will fade like last year. This looks like 2008 all over again. Only two of these three teams will make the playoffs.
There is a great deal of time left in the season and things are going to get interesting!!!
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