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With all the headlines the Sox grabbed at the Winter Meetings, you'd think they acquired the ghost of Babe Ruth back from the Yankees

 

But, no.  Consider:

Adrian Beltre (2009)  .321/.365/.553 (.919) 6.1 WAR (Baseball Reference.com)

Victor Martinez:  .302/.351/.493 (.844) 3.0 WAR

So, they're replacing 9 wins with...

Adrian Gonzalez:  .284/.351/.507 (.875) 6.0 WAR

Carl Crawford .307/.356/.495 (.851) 4.8 WAR

11 Wins.  Even if Crawford duplicates his numbers, and it's very possible we just saw his career year at 28, the Red Sox have become a 91 win team. 

The defense gained is likely muted by Youkilis move to 3rd.  So if Beckett doesn't come back healthy, Red Sox could easily be home in October again. 

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