The biggest surprise this offseason could be that the big spenders didn't spend. After winning the World Series in 2004, the Red Sox revamped their rotation. They let Pedro Martinez and Derek Lowe leave as free agents and brought in Matt Clement and David Wells, a pair of signings that went bad. This time? The Sox have kept their 2007 world championship team intact. The only loss was reliever ...

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