2014 Red Sox

With baseball appearing at Fenway Park for the first time this year, it's time for a few predictions.

The Red Sox will go 85-77 .525

One of either Xander Bogaerts or Will Middlebrooks will be traded.

Dustin Pedroia will be 20-20 with a .295 average.

No single pitcher will win 20 games.

The AL East will be very close with The Red Sox taking the division.

The NY Yankees will finish in the basement.

Mike Napoli will lead the team in Home Runs.

David Ortiz will hit 25 Home Runs and have 90 RBI's.

Koji Uehara will have at least 33 saves.

The Red Sox will make it to the post season, but The Reds are my pick for the World Series.

Multiple Pitchers On The DL

So you have 4 pitchers on the DL?

Hamels

Darvish

Iwakuma

Parnell

What to do?

With only 1 DL spot, That's where Hamel's sits It leaves 3 players taking up space,

Parnell will probably be out for 6 weeks, or have Tommy John surgery so he is gone.

That means I'd now have

Hamels

Darvish

Iwakuma

With

David Price

Trevor Rosenthal

Sergio Romo

Zack Wheeler

Bartolo Colon

I need at least one more starter, so Parnell out and a 100+ pitch count pitcher, somebody who always goes at least 6 innings. I could also drop Russell Martin bench Catcher and alternate with Slated Starting Pitchers

& Cathcer when Salvador Perez or the Royals have an off day.

But which 2 pitchers are available.

John Lackey & Michael Pineda are both available, Lackey is slated to start April  7th at Fenway against the Rangers after getting of to a W in his first start, where as Pineda will be in Toronto on Saturday. Given the option I'd take Pineda for this one.

As for who else, I'd go with a PP for today, options are Quite good and I'm going to go with

Jose Quintana for the White Sox starting against another option Phil Hughes of the Twins.

So, With Darvish, Iwakuma & Hamels out, I'm still going to get an okay number of innings, but will have to play more daily, which doesn't bother me.

Opening Day Disabled List - National League

Here's the names missing for the near future in the senior circuit

Atlanta Braves

15

Gavin Floyd – SP

Cory Gearrin – RP

Mike Minor – SP

60

Brandon Beachy - SP

Kris Medlen – SP

Jonny Venters – RP

Miami Marlins

15

Rafael Furcal – SS

Ed Lucas – 3B

NY Mets

15

Jonathon Niese – Sp

60

Matt Harvey – SP

Philadelphia Phillies

15

Mike Adams – RP

Freddy Galvis – 2B

Cole Hamels – SP

Ethan Martin – SP

Darin Ruf - RF

60

Miguel Gonzalez – SP

Washington Nationals

15

Doug Fister - SP

60

Erik Davis – RP

Ross Ohlendorf – RP

Chicago Cubs

15

Jake Arrieta - SP

Kyuji Fujikawa – RP

60

James McDonald – SP

Cincinnati Reds

15

Jonathan Broxton – RP

Aroldis Chapman – RP

Mat Latos – SP

Sean Marshall - RP

Devin Mesoraco - C

Skip Schumaker - LF

60

Jack Hannahan – 3B

Brett Marshall – SP

Milwaukee Brewers

15

Tom Gorzelanny – RP

Pittsburgh Pirates

15

Jeff Locke - SP

Chris Stewart – C

St. Louis Cardinals

15

Mark Ellis – 2B

Jaime Garcia - SP

Jason Motte – RP

A Long Trip to Australia

Arizona D’backs

15

Patrick Corbin – SP

David Hernandez – RP

Daniel Hudson – SP

Matt Reynolds – RP

Cody Ross – RF

Colorado Rockies

15

Jhoulys Chacin – SP

Boone Logan – RP

LA Dodgers

15

Josh Beckett – SP

Chad Billingsley - SP

Matt Kemp – CF

Clayton Kershaw - SP

60

Scott Elbert – RP

Onelki Garcia – SP

SD Padres

15

Josh Johnson – SP

Casey Kelly – SP

Cameron Maybin – CF

Carlos Quentin – LF

Joe Wieland - SP

60

Cory Luebke - SP

SF Giants

15

Jeremy Affeldt – RP

Marco Scutaro – 2B

Opening Day Disabled List - American League

Here's who's missing from the Junior Circuit.

Boston's Right Fielder

Baltimore Orioles

15

Michael Alamzar - 3B

Manny Machado - 3B

Francisco Pegura - LF

Nolan Reimold – DH

60

Edgmer Escalona - SP

Boston Red Sox

15

Craig Breslow – RP

Shane Victorino – RF

Steven Wright - SP

NY Yankees

-

TB Rays

15

Tim Beckham – 2B

Jeremy Hellickson – SP

Juan Carlos Oviedo – RP

Toronto Blue Jays

15

J.A. Happ – SP

Casey Janssen – RP

Jose Reyes - SS

Chicago White Sox

15

Gordon Beckham – 2B

Jeff Keppinger – 2B

Cleveland Indians

15

Michael Bourn - CF

Jason Giambi – DH

Detroit Tigers

15

Andy Dirks – LF

60

Jose Iglesias – SS

Bruce Rondon – RP

KC Royals

15

Louis Coleman - RP

Luke Hochevar - P

Minnesota Twins

-

The Japanese Phenom

Houston Astros

15

Jesse Crain - RP

Alex White- SP

Asher Wojciechowski - SP

LA Angels

15

Ryan Brasier – RP

Sean Burnett – RP

Dane De La Rosa – RP

Brian Moran - RP

Oakland A’s

15

Ryan Cook – RP

Craig Gentry – LF

AJ. Griffin – SP

Fernando Rodriguez - RP

60

Eric O’Flaherty - RP

Jarrod Parker - SP

Seattle Mariners

15

Hisashi Iwakuma – SP

Stephen Pryor – RP

Taijuan Walker - SP

Texas Rangers

15

Yu Darvish - SP

Matt Harrison - SP

Jurickson Profar – 2B

60

Engel Beltre – CF

Derek Holland – SP

Joe Ortiz – RP

Geovany Soto - C