This is getting to be a trend. Yet
another publication has picked your 2016 Carmine Hose to win the AL East—this time
The Washington Post. Sportswriter Barry Svrluga sees the arrival of
Dave Dombrowski as the key factor to turn around three last place finishes in the previous four seasons. The acquisition of an ace (
David Price) and the re-vamping of the bullpen have Dombrowki's "fingerprints" all over them—but Svrluga rightly points to the resurgence of
Hanley Ramirez and
Pablo Sandoval as critical to any success.
