Red Sox mailbag: Is Clay Buchholz the No. 2 starter?

UnknownEven the experts aren’t quite sure where the Red Sox rank heading into spring training.

ESPN’s Buster Olney thinks improving the pitching staff was the answer and ranked the Sox third in his MLB rankings, while Sports Illustrated’s Jonah Keri wrote that the contracts given to Hanley Ramirez and Pablo Sandoval are predictably failing and he ranked Boston at No. 8.

The Sox report to spring training next week and we’ll have comprehensive coverage for you while we attempt to answer all the questions and tackle new ones.

First, let’s start with this, a platter of concerns from curious minds who inquired on Twitter this week:

Matthew McGuirk ‏@matt_mcguirk_90

Who do you view as the No. 2…