Red Sox Ruin Whitlock

[dgalehouse]

Bard had a great arm. Psychological problems derailed his career.

[mvp 78]

Bard had a great arm. Psychological problems derailed his career.

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[Maxbialystock]

Now he will have to have another TJ surgery of some type and be out for all of next year. I hope he comes back and is able to pitch. If he does, it has to be as an 8th inning guy.

Much ado about very little. BP pitchers come ago, not just season to season, but throughout the season. MLB teams can have 26 players on their active roster, of whom 13 are normally pitchers, and of those 5 are starters and 8 are relievers.

So far this season (48 games, 30% of the whole season) the Sox have used 14 different relievers, not including Reyes. They are literally a dime a dozen, except of course, for Mr. Kenley Jansen, who's being paid $16M to pitch one inning every 3d game--what a freaking waste of money.

The rotation--Bello, Pivetta, Crawford, Whitlock, Houck, and now Criswell--are the heart and soul of the 2024 Sox, who are, somewhat miraculously, definitely in the hunt for a wild card slot even though 70% of the season is still to be played.

[Bellhorn04]

You have to feel bad for Whitlock. He's reportedly been working his ass off, but the arm just won't cooperate.

[Old Red]

You have to feel bad for Whitlock. He's reportedly been working his ass off, but the arm just won't cooperate.

True, and I don’t know if keeping him in the BP would have kept him healthy, but the Only healthy year he’s had was when he was in the pen.

[Tedballgame]

Much ado about very little. BP pitchers come ago, not just season to season, but throughout the season. MLB teams can have 26 players on their active roster, of whom 13 are normally pitchers, and of those 5 are starters and 8 are relievers.

So far this season (48 games, 30% of the whole season) the Sox have used 14 different relievers, not including Reyes. They are literally a dime a dozen, except of course, for Mr. Kenley Jansen, who's being paid $16M to pitch one inning every 3d game--what a freaking waste of money.

The rotation--Bello, Pivetta, Crawford, Whitlock, Houck, and now Criswell--are the heart and soul of the 2024 Sox, who are, somewhat miraculously, definitely in the hunt for a wild card slot even though 70% of the season is still to be played.

Good and great 7th and 8th guys are not a dime a dozen. Whitlock was an elite 7th and 8th inning guy before the Sox decided to make him a mediocre starter and it led to him getting hurt. Now he's done for a long time. Stupid!