Maybe he has aged out of what he had been previously. I think his contract extension will be a sunk cost. I am still baffled that Bloom extended him in season.
Bernie Williams on the Yankees was like that. He didn’t have the quick acceleration to steal bases, but he went 1st to 3rd and 1st to home as well as anyone.
You were pretty much dead on accurate that his early season performance was not sustainable. Everything in his extensive body of work plus his age pointed in that direction.
Houck has been likened to Sale by some people and Sale was able to pitch successfully out of the pen as a closer, so I see no harm putting Houck there temporarily.
Robles stinks and he is a complete idiot. He is always confused by the signs (which is funny because he only has 2 pitches), often doesn’t know the count, and is clueless about whether a teammate is ready for a pickoff throw.
I turned the game off after Renfroe’s 2nd HR figuring that the game was in the bag. And now it is 11-9 with men on 1st and 2nd for the Twins with no one out and the head pig , Robles on the hill. WTF!
It’s like my Dad used to say when we asked for anything, “we don’t have the money”. Apparently. The billionaires who own the Red Sox are as poor as my Dad.