Red Sox Review - A Mid Year Look at Boston's Post Season Chances

Much of the talk in Major League Baseball right now swirls around the upcoming All Star game, who will get in, who will be mistreated and stay home and of course which league, the American or National, will win and get home field advantage for their league winner when World Series time rolls around. But the annual All Star game also signals the time each year when baseball fans really turn it up a notch and begin to consider how their home team is likely to finish the year, in the playoffs or in the cellar. This Red Sox review helps to sort out where the Sox are right now and what their post season chances might be.

Pitching . Any mid season Red Sox Review has to start with pitching, because the team has survived on it to date this year. The Sox in 2007 have what has to be one of the best 5 man rotations in recent memory. Everyone expected Curt Schilling of "bloody sock" fame to come out firing this year. After a lackluster 2006 season Schilling seemed to come out of training camp with a determination of mind and a strength of arm that might see him and the Sox to the post season Schilling's performance so far has shown flashes of greatness as in his near perfect game start in early June. Certainly Schilling maintains a winning record and has racked up plenty of strikeouts during the first half year. But for the Sox to get to the post season, Schilling will need to bring more consistency to the mound . He remains the number one starter and the one pitcher everyone seems still to rely on, but he has to make it happen in the second half. Having witnessed the determination of Curt Schilling in 2004, fans at least can believe this athlete will do everything in his power to help take the Sox where they want to go.