The front office has completed the re-shaping the club, at least for now. With the possible exception of one reliever, the team that will report to Fort Myers seems destined to be the team that takes the field on Opening Day. It will be quite different than most teams the Sox have fielded in recent years… shorter in offensive firepower and longer on pitching and defense.

The great debate has been underway for weeks: will the 2010 edition of the Red Sox be better than the 2009 version?