Jones & Keefe: Are the Red Sox a playoff team?

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00:00The only thing that is better is the starting rotation.

00:04Super important, so I'm not trying to say, like, oh, the only thing, like, but that's it.

00:08If you look at hitting, defense, bullpen, and starting pitching, like those four areas,

00:14if you will, the only one that has been improved is pitching. The defense is the same.

00:20The hitting is essentially the same, although you lost 31 dongs with Tyler,

00:24which is arguably worse. So maybe a little bit worse. And then the bullpen is worse.

00:30And the pitching, and you can say this about any rotation, but I would say it specifically

00:35about Crochet, who's had Tommy John and was shut down by the White Sox last year,

00:39and Walker Bueller, who just worked his way back from Tommy John and didn't pitch very well

00:43when he came back until the postseason. I would even say those two guys, if you're really banking

00:48on them doing significant things, I feel much better about Crochet. I like both moves that

00:54they made. Those guys are far from a lock, is what I would say.