This is all on Cora. No reason to bring Kimbrel in the 8th with no one on base and a s*** hitter at the plate. Kimbrel is a one inning pitcher. He's too wild to pitch more than an inning
I'm not one to complain much about this team but there's ZERO need for Cora to give 2 extra days off on the rotation. 1 is enough.
Imagine we miss the division by one game ( with winning over 100 games ).
I can understand if they were at least 5 games up but come on, we need all the games we can to win this division.
Wright replaced Pom for his start and everyone else is healthy. There's really no need to call up a rookie for a spot start here.
I understand the kid could be good but now is definitely not the time to experiment.
Nothing against XB but Betts is the one that should be going. Best WAR on the Red Sox
Also, Holt is a good choice, he's doing better than XB.
XB is overated. He's been lucky with the BABIP ( lot of chincy hits )
He'll be under 700 OPS by year end