Buchholz learned too many bad habits from Beckett. He seems to take every other season off, and alternates between pitching like an ace and single A pitcher.
Inconsistent ABs early this season hasn't helped Napoli -- National League rules have kind of screwed him. Holt is better at coming off the bench because he's used to it.
The more wins this team gets before the trade deadline, the better. They beat two bad teams, in hitter's parks away from home.
Besides maybe Masterson, all of the other starters gave the impression that they're healthy, and able to be effective.
Holt and Nava are two guys that are simply more valuable on the Red Sox than in a trade.
Teams aren't willing to trade solid prospects for them, and at near-minimum salaries, why trade them for junk?
There seems to be a mutual agreement in games like these that the batters should be swinging away. Not sure if it applies to the Yankees, but I imagine both starters going long today.
What an ending! I turned it off in the 15th.
Steven Wright gave up two leads for the Red Sox. He bent, but never broke. 5 IP, 2ER is not bad, but we're depending heavily on Joe Kelly to give innings today.
Mookie Betts and Napoli both had golden sombreros. Losing playing time for the NL must have really hurt Nap's timing.