Boston Red Sox (2010 record: 89-73)
The 2010 edition of the Boston Red Sox was a very good ball club.
Entering the season, it appeared they would have an extraordinary pitching staff but a questionable offense.
As it turned out, the regular season did not follow the script—the offense produced the second-most runs in baseball while the pitching staff was slightly worse than the league average.
It was a case of “what might have been”. The ball club managed to win 89 games despite being decimated by injuries to several of its star players.
They also received sub-par efforts from two of its top starters (Josh Beckett and John Lackey), and endured another what-can-we-expect season from the enigmatic Daisuke Matsuzaka.