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Yes, Boston is a larger stage than LA but LA is not small market by any means. The Red Sox are some lucky mfers to have Gagne as a setup guy. This effectively reduces a game against them to 7 innings. Definite favorites to win in all now (as if there was much doubt before).
As for position players, the DBacks are still committed to their young bats (although bringing up Upton rather than a AAA OF to fill in signals that they have had it with Carlos Quentin for the year). They recently fired the hitting coach and that prompted them to go 11-6 since the break. They needed starting pitching more than anything.
Overall, they have gotten by all year on luck and a great bullpen. Those guys are going to break down if the starters not named Webb and Davis continue to shit all over the place.
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