You guys are assuming there's no improvement at all by any of the players who underperformed last year.
Actually, I'm looking for a good bounce-back year from Dunn. Speaking of "dunn," I think Gordon Beckham is. Morel will improve slightly. Lillibridge may be a little better offensively too. Rios will continue to suck.
I'm hoping that DeAza will have a decent year. He looked good to me last season.
I can see 2012 being the visible beginning of Konerko's decline.
If the pitching is anywhere near what it's capable of being, this team isn't quite as bad as you all are making it out to be.
But you forget... Buehrle is gone. I don't believe any other Sox starter posted a winning record last year. Oh yeah, and our closer, Santos, is gone too, in exchange for peanuts, leaving Thornton to be our ninth-inning savior. Thornton!
Will Floyd or Danks win 15 games next season? I sincerely doubt it.
If everyone here is going into the season hoping for the team to lose 100 games just to spite KW then you're going to make this place miserable for the rest of us who actully want to see the team do well.
I don't hope the team loses 100 games just to spite KW. I hope there are signs of life and that the team might be a contender in '13. But the fact is, KW made this bed, and he's making us lie in it.