The 2013 World Series was a fluke. In retrospect seems like it had more to do with that mix of veteran players (Napoli, Ortiz, Victorino, Gomes, Salty, Lester, Lackey, Peavey, Uehara, etc).
Man, looking back at that team, just four years ago, there are so many key personalities on that team that are long gone!
I've never been impressed by Farrell.
The Sox are a young, young team with a super high payroll mostly concentrated in players who have contributed little to nothing to their last two playoff appearances.
Not enough power, not enough reliable pitching.
Need a fairly major overhaul. Betts, Benintendi, Devers, Bogaerts ... maybe Bradley. That's the future. Lots of small-ball hitting and solid defense. But where do you get the power? Who pitches? Who leads the team?