With a win over the Yankees Sunday night, the Red Sox improved to 35-23 on the season, good for first-place in the AL East. The Sox are 12 games over .500 for the third time this season, and they've relegated the rival Yanks to third place in the division.
You were right to expect some kind of improvement compared to the Bobby Valentine disaster of last year, but not even the most optimistic Sox fan could have expected this start. Can they keep it up? Here's what we've learned through roughly the first 1/3 of the season.
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- Clay Buchholz is back
- Dustin Pedroia is a gamer
- The Yankees are a threat
- Jackie Bradley Jr. is coming along
- Daniel Nava is dominant (wait, what?)
- Jacoby Ellsbury has wheels, lacks power
- John Farrell makes a big difference
- The fans aren't all the way back yet (tickets are available)
- Daniel Bard is a mess
- The closer situation is tenuous
- Koji Uehara is fun
- It's still all about the pitching
- Will Middlebrooks is a major concern
- They need David Ortiz to be healthy
- Mike Napoli was worth the risk
- Jose Iglesias is a fighter
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