Call it what you will:
'the elephant in the room', the
'thing that shall not be named'—
whatever. But the one really scary
'Sword of Damocles' hanging over the
2017 Carmine Hose is replacing the offensive production of one
David Américo Ortiz Arias. Apparently, neither
Edwin Encarnación nor
José Bautista is walking through that door—so we are left with cobbling together pieces from
Hanley Ramirez and
Mitch Moreland.
Yeeesh! Now, pitching and defense are clearly the more important facets of winning baseball teams—and Boston will field a team superior on both counts. But, where will
Big Papi's 38 HRs and 127 RBIs come from? That's a big slice of the Red Sox offense.
