If Pedroia's fielding percentage dipped below .870, people would lose their minds. An ump blowing 13% of his/her calls is unacceptable. An ump should have a better chance calling balls and strikes than Pedroia does vs a ball hit in his area.
If he had any semblance of being able to find the strike zone, I'd agree with you. Until he reduces his walks in Pawtucket, I'm not on board.
I'd rather have him in the rotation than Kelly or Buchholz at this point.
I just don't see how an imperfect strike zone is an appeal to anyone, especially in terms of entertainment value. We're definitely never going to agree on this point.
Yup, adds additional miles onto Koji and Taz's workload, both of which needed to be reduced this year. I'm surprised the Sox didn't bring in a SP when ERod when down, but even more surprised they didn't bring another reliever in when Carson got hurt.